tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post2053529697435463988..comments2024-03-14T04:35:06.209+13:00Comments on Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community: Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’ Sparks Dante Fever in FlorenceBeattie's Book Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01505389626725979100noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-88729255231820234052013-06-02T23:31:15.044+12:002013-06-02T23:31:15.044+12:00Either way, McIlwrath says she is sure the book wo...Either way, McIlwrath says she is sure the book won’t hurt Florence. “It’s a very Dantesque world we live in right now,” she says, pointing to wars, natural disasters, and calamities of the kind Dante referred to in his versions of hell, purgatory, and heaven. If people get the essence of Dante’s words and if it affects them, then it’s good. Brown certainly opens the door for that, but who knows if the tourists will walk through it.Dana Shepardhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTV_2PbFpAknoreply@blogger.com