tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718729119902908554.post5970928476780191185..comments2023-09-25T05:58:35.661-07:00Comments on Chekhov's Gun: Why You Should Know Clarice LispectorJames Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718729119902908554.post-47911500020830336832010-02-02T23:01:40.872-08:002010-02-02T23:01:40.872-08:00Try Istanbul. I loved it.Try Istanbul. I loved it.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718729119902908554.post-24368651896465322562010-02-02T17:17:08.442-08:002010-02-02T17:17:08.442-08:00I haven't had too much to complain about regar...I haven't had too much to complain about regarding translations, although most of them have been major publishers who you would assume vet their translators. Having said that, I find Orhan Pamuk's books pretty much unreadable. Don't know if that's the translator's fault or Pamuk's. And I so want to like his books.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343768762996537750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718729119902908554.post-59925920788408739082010-02-01T12:20:43.810-08:002010-02-01T12:20:43.810-08:00Lack and/or quality of translations doesn't he...Lack and/or quality of translations doesn't help. I remember trying to read Ilf and Petrov's 12 Chairs and the humor had been virtually sapped away in translation. Was also disappointed with a translation of Imre Kertész I bought.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718729119902908554.post-12197278660847680912010-02-01T11:08:04.051-08:002010-02-01T11:08:04.051-08:00Readers in the States usually know Amado, Borges a...Readers in the States usually know Amado, Borges and Marquez. After that there is very little familiarity with the region. Which is a shame. But the same is no doubt true regarding Eastern European writers. Only a few are successfully exported to the West.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343768762996537750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718729119902908554.post-17559187755683185982010-01-31T21:41:54.644-08:002010-01-31T21:41:54.644-08:00Alas, about the only Brazilian lit I have read is ...Alas, about the only Brazilian lit I have read is Jorge Amado.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718729119902908554.post-85295666573407668872010-01-31T13:02:01.632-08:002010-01-31T13:02:01.632-08:00Clarice Lispector has a number of stories in a boo...Clarice Lispector has a number of stories in a book entitled "Eye of the Heart: Short Stories from Latin America." In my opinion it is probably the best one-volume introduction to latin American fiction. But if you can find the two-volume "Borzoi Anthology of Latin American Literature," that is the one to go with. Great book but sadly out of print. However, there are many inexpensive copies available through ABE Boooks.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343768762996537750noreply@blogger.com