{"product_id":"9781608198771","title":"Dante's Divine Comedy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \"left-handed designer,\" Seymour Chwast has been putting his unparalleled take-and influence-on the world of illustration and design for the last half century. In his version of \u003ci\u003eDante's Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e, Chwast's first graphic novel, Dante and his guide Virgil don fedoras and wander through noir-ish realms of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, finding both the wicked and the wondrous on their way.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDante Alighieri wrote his epic poem \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e from 1308 to 1321 while in exile from his native Florence. In the work's three parts (Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise), Dante chronicles his travels throughthe afterlife, cataloging a multitude of sinners and saints-many of them real people to whom Dante tellingly assigned either horrible punishment or indescribable pleasure-and eventually meeting both God and Lucifer face-to-face. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his adaptation of this skewering satire, Chwast creates a visual fantasia that fascinates on every page: From the multifarious torments of the Inferno to the host of delights in Paradise, his inventive illustrations capture the delirious complexity of this classic of the Western canon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135018647792,"sku":"9781608198771","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781608198771_p0.jpg?v=1763838299","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781608198771","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}