Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
Journey into the darkest realms of human imagination.BENEATH THE LIVING: Volume 1 is a visual exploration of the underworld as envisioned by ancient civilizations and literary masters. Through 25 haunting illustrations, this book takes you on a descent through Dante’s Inferno, the Greek underworld of Hades, and the Egyptian realm of the dead.From the first circle of Limbo to the solar barque of Ra’s journey through eternal night, each image is a doorway into humanity’s oldest question: What lies beyond death?This volume features:• The Nine Circles of Dante’s Hell (Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, Treachery)• Greek mythological underworld (Hades, Persephone, Charon, Cerberus, River Styx, Elysian Fields, Tartarus)• Egyptian afterlife (Duat, Osiris, Anubis, Ra’s solar barque)• Figures of eternal punishment (Tantalus, Sisyphus, Prometheus)Rendered in stark black and white, these visions confront the viewer with the architecture of death, judgment, and eternity. This is not a book of comfort. It is a book of truth, as imagined by poets, priests, and artists across millennia.Volume 1 is the first step in a journey beneath the living. The descent continues in Volume 2.Perfect for lovers of dark art, mythology, classical literature, and the macabre.
