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The Life of Pi - Yann Martel

The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.

Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time...

Brave New World

The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.

Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time...

Joseph Farrell's creepy account of Nazi physics & technology during WW2 and how it may have supported a secret post-war fascist network. Unnerving stuff.

Edited by Atavachron - March 16 2024 at 17:16

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy

Currently on loan from Nottingham Central Library:-

2020: The Year the World Went Mad - by Mark Woolhouse

Fiasco - The American Military Adventure in Iraq - by Thomas E. Ricks

The Finish - The Killing of Osama Bin Laden - by Mark Bowden

In Trump We Trust - E Pluribus Awesome! - by Ann Coulter

Intel Wars - The Secret History of the Fight Against Terror - by Matthew M. Aid

ISIS - State of Terror - by Jessica Stern & J.M. Berger

Nuclear Weapons - What You Need to Know - by Jeremy Bernstein

Unleashing Demons - The Inside Story of Brexit - by Craig Oliver

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - March 17 2024 at 04:28

The Progressive Underground, Volume 5 by Kev Rowland

"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp

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Edited by mellotronwave - March 17 2024 at 19:48

The Dark Elf wrote:

For Christmas, my daughter and her fiance gifted me a new illustrated version of Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy published by The Folio Society.

The boxed Folio edition is quite sumptuous in regards to print and paper and the illustrations by Neil Packer are superb; however, the translation by Robin Kirkpatrick leaves a lot to be desired. Too modern a rendering for my tastes. It lacks the poeticism I found in earlier translations, like Longfellow's or Binyon's, for instance.

Hi,

Translations are always a "beech". Having seen my own father's work in many translations, the English ones are always the worst ... at least the ones to French, Italian and Spanish are OK (probably the same school of languages), but the English versions of many books are ... out of line ... and sometimes add "politica;" inventions to make it look stronger and more important, like i one book right on page 2 adding the RED color, as a "symbol" of "another view" or "another idea" or a kind of revolt. It ruined the book, and specially knowing that my dad had already done away with politics by staying strictly with the literary world, and not spend his time on political matters, which I am inclined to believe was one reason why he left Portugal in the first place.

It's very tough, and Portuguese is horrible to translate since there are more verb tenses than most languages, and it makes a sentence, all of a sudden, have to be explained, which makes it longer.

My dad's own translations of Shakespeare, and some French authors, were interesting, and I have to admit they did not seem to "change" the stories much, although I am not sure that Shakespeare can be appreciated in other languages ... unless your name is Kurosawa and you do RAN, I guess!

Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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The Crusades by Thomas Asbridge.

Reading, 'The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.

Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time...

Atavachron wrote:

Joseph Farrell's creepy account of Nazi physics & technology during WW2 and how it may have supported a secret post-war fascist network. Unnerving stuff.

^ Fiction or non-fiction? LOL