Hell and Damnation

In Hell and Damnation, bestselling author Marq de Villiers takes readers on a journey into the strange richness of the human imaginings of hell, deep into time and across many faiths, back into early Egypt and the 5,000-year-old Mesopotamian epic of Gilgamesh. This urbane, funny, and deeply researched guide ventures well beyond the Nine Circles of Dante's Hell and the many medieval Christian visions into the hellish descriptions in Islam, Buddhism, Jewish legend, Japanese traditions, and more.

In Hell and Damnation, autorul cel mai bine vandut Marq de Villiers duce cititorii intr-o calatorie in bogatia ciudata a imaginatiilor umane ale iadului, adanc in timp si in multe credinte, inapoi in Egiptul timpuriu si epopeea mesopotamiana de Gilgamesh, veche de 5.000 de ani. Acest ghid urban, amuzant si profund cercetat se aventureaza mult dincolo de cele noua cercuri ale iadului lui Dante si de numeroasele viziuni crestine medievale in descrierile infernale din islam, budism, legenda evreiasca, traditii japoneze si multe altele.