Mary Jo Bang’s Inferno
A review of Mary Jo Bang’s translation of Inferno (in which I use ‘powerful(ly)’ too often):
“This Inferno is, at times cogent, inventive, and beautiful. But for all its innovation and moments of excellence, Bang’s audacious modernising translation often loses its way, leaving us to struggle through a wood of distracting line breaks and the odd unfortunate inaccuracy.”
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