“Dante's Divine Comedy is not easy to read,” says Borges, “but with patience, it is very rewarding. First of all, there is a lot of suspense in it. It tells us about man's journey through hell, purgatory, and heaven. It does so from a personal perspective, as if the poet himself were actually there, looking into infinite spaces, surrounded by damned souls, demons, mythical monsters, and saints... I think one can be scared once or twice, and Dante was scared very much: he is very human in that inhuman world.” “The verses are all intertwined, stringent threads organized in rhythm and rhyme, of course. The beauty of the Divine Comedy’s verses is unparalleled, and I’m not just talking about aesthetics. I’ve always found the most striking feature of Dante’s writing to be his unique ability to capture the essence of human experience, emotions, and existence in a few lines. He did so with beautiful and powerful simplicity. He often draws his writing from images of peasants and common people, unlike the nobles who were accustomed to reading Latin at the time. The Comedy is written in a language that anyone can read, and it still has great meaning. While reading, I always feel amazement and excitement in my head.”