Review

Hilary McElwaine's bold new adaptation of Dante's Inferno plays with the modern versions of sin

By Desmond O'Grady
August 28 2021 - 12:00am
Hilary McElwaine brings forth a modern-day interpretation of Dante's Inferno. Picture: Shutterstock
Hilary McElwaine brings forth a modern-day interpretation of Dante's Inferno. Picture: Shutterstock
  • Hell Unearthed: A Modern Adaptation of Dante's Inferno, by Hilary McElwaine. The Choir Press, $18.

Does hell exist? Even in the Vatican there are those who believe it exists but is empty, as testified by a fresco in one of its rooms. In "Imagine", John Lennon went one step further, with neither heaven above nor hell below.

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