First of all, did you know the word Inferno is the Italian
word for Hell? Secondly, did you know
Inferno is the first poem of Dante's DIVINE COMEDY, which is all about Hell?
If you have read Dan Brown's other books about the
adventures of Harvard Professor Robert Langdon, you know there is a formula that Dan Brown has been successful with:
An urgent chase that means more than life or death, failure will mean
the end of civilization as we know it..... and it all has to be resolved within
24 or 48 hours. This will keep you on
the edge of your seat as you read.
Secondly, in the formula is that
the backdrop is something historical, if not biblical, that weaves into the
story nicely.
Other than reading a nice action packed fiction novel the
reader as a bonus gets a very insider's tour of the churches, statues, crypts, and
shrines of people that changed the world. Unfortunately, for me, it was very
interesting reading at the moment, but since my retention ability is low, I
didn't hold on to a darn bit of
important true historical facts I was pumped with while reading the book.
I don't want to give away too much information on the plot,
but I suppose it is based on a real fact:
What to do about the population explosion that will surely happen it not
so distant future. They have figured out
that in just a few generations there will not be enough food to feed the
people.
There are a lot of references to Dante's descriptions of
hell in the Divine Comedy. and the art that tried to duplicate the mood.
I think anybody will enjoy the book, and it would be nice if
you retained this expert history given to you behind the scenes of the various churches and
statues, and things in Florence and Venice.
2 comments:
Cool!
This book is the MASTERPIECE! but somewhat I can predict upcoming events from this book as I read all Dan Brown's novels, but still it is worth buying for. Some moments are breathtaking, some are just wrote as not necessary. The main concept behind this novel is great. As the overpopulation is the World's most terrible problem, we can take a glance on this by thinking the other side of this problem.
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