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  • How Dante Can Save Your Life

  • The Life-Changing Wisdom of History's Greatest Poem
  • Written by: Rod Dreher
  • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
  • Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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How Dante Can Save Your Life

Written by: Rod Dreher
Narrated by: Sean Runnette
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Following the death of his little sister and the publication of his New York Times best-selling memoir The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, Rod Dreher found himself living in the small community of Starhill, Louisiana, where he grew up. But instead of the fellowship he hoped to find, he discovered that fault lines within his family had deepened. Dreher spiraled into depression and a stress-related autoimmune disease. Doctors told Dreher that if he didn't find inner peace, he would destroy his health. Soon after, he came across The Divine Comedy in a bookstore and was enchanted by its first lines, which seemed to describe his own condition.

In the months that followed, Dante helped Dreher understand the mistakes and mistaken beliefs that had torn him down and showed him that he had the power to change his life. Dreher knows firsthand the solace and strength that can be found in Dante's great work and distills its wisdom for those who are lost in the dark wood of depression, struggling with failure (or success), wrestling with a crisis of faith, alienated from their families or communities, or otherwise enduring the sense of exile that is the human condition.

Inspiring, revelatory, and packed with penetrating spiritual, moral, and psychological insights, How Dante Can Save Your Life is a book for people, both religious and secular, who find themselves searching for meaning and healing. Dante told his patron that he wrote his poem to bring readers from misery to happiness. It worked for Rod Dreher.

Dante saved Rod Dreher's life. And in this audiobook, Dreher shows you how Dante can save yours.

©2015 Rod Dreher (P)2015 Tantor

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"As a well-written chronicle of choice between the 'success' of big cities and life in the far simpler world of old traditions and deep family ties..." ( Kirkus)

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An Adjunct to Psychotherapy?

Well maybe, Rod’s story is certainly moving and insightful as is it powerfully written and narrated. He has hooked me not only as a practicing Catholic to further explore Dante on my own but also as a clarion guide on my path to individuation.

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An enjoyable read

I loved joining Rod Dreher on his journey through the Comedia and towards greater healing in his life. He wet my appetite for Dante's poem and other ancient texts that invite us to think hard about the human condition. It is helpful to read the book and take it for what it is (and isn't) if you want to get the most out of it!

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new light on old masterpiece

I had listened to Comedia as audio book. it was interesting how Dante wanders through the various levels of hell, purgatory and heaven.

to hear the impact it has had on the spiritual journey of someone else today was good to see. it brought me to greater reflection on the mysteries of faith, forgiveness and wholeness.

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