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True, but I'm much more familiar with the language than I think most here realize Larry Send a noteboard - 17/11/2010 04:29:45 PM
At least, that is what I am told by a lot of people who read Italian but not as a first language.


I have read three other Eco books in Italian, as well as Buzzati, Calvino, and am about to start Dante and Boiardo in the coming months. Plus I've studied Italian grammar for several months last year/early this year, so it's only slightly more difficult than me reading Portuguese these days.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

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WANT. Larry - 16/11/2010 10:52:33 PM 1426 Views
How long does it take for his books to be translated into English? Rebekah - 16/11/2010 10:54:10 PM 1020 Views
Roughly 1-2 years Larry - 16/11/2010 11:00:59 PM 971 Views
From what I can figure out by glancing at the Italian cover description, it sounds awesome. Legolas - 16/11/2010 11:10:02 PM 1031 Views
That is what drew me in as well, besides it being a novel by Eco Larry - 16/11/2010 11:18:38 PM 1031 Views
Hence the "not Eco". Legolas - 16/11/2010 11:33:56 PM 1107 Views
I like challenges Larry - 16/11/2010 11:49:00 PM 1123 Views
Re: Hence the "not Eco". Camilla - 17/11/2010 01:06:58 AM 994 Views
But that's not to say there won't be more difficult Italian words he doesn't know. Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 02:43:06 AM 963 Views
That's odd Larry - 17/11/2010 03:34:20 AM 986 Views
Medieval Latin is easy, though. Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 06:09:38 AM 975 Views
So's the Italian, more or less Larry - 17/11/2010 04:31:02 PM 1207 Views
Re: But that's not to say there won't be more difficult Italian words he doesn't know. Camilla - 17/11/2010 10:41:57 AM 1145 Views
Re: Hence the "not Eco". Legolas - 17/11/2010 03:31:55 PM 1095 Views
Re: Hence the "not Eco". Camilla - 17/11/2010 04:05:34 PM 1051 Views
Eco in Italian IS very difficult if you're not fluent. Jacob - 17/11/2010 03:09:52 PM 996 Views
True, but I'm much more familiar with the language than I think most here realize Larry - 17/11/2010 04:29:45 PM 998 Views
I was more speaking in general than to you specifically. Jacob - 18/11/2010 07:16:37 PM 1181 Views
There's an interesting article in English on the book... Tom - 16/11/2010 11:11:49 PM 1059 Views
I'm equally surprised you won't be reading it in the original Larry - 16/11/2010 11:17:47 PM 997 Views
Let me rephrase: I'm going to wait for a hardcover version in Italian or English. Tom - 17/11/2010 01:34:51 AM 979 Views
I guess it'll be English then Larry - 17/11/2010 01:36:45 AM 955 Views
I don't understand it. Are they cheap, poor or do they just not love books? Tom - 17/11/2010 05:05:08 AM 1051 Views
Likely the first two Larry - 17/11/2010 04:32:23 PM 1012 Views
Why doesn't that stop the Germans, then? Tom - 17/11/2010 04:50:35 PM 1052 Views
Germans are odd, though! Larry - 17/11/2010 04:53:13 PM 955 Views
VAT is fairly modest on books, actually. Legolas - 17/11/2010 05:50:51 PM 1291 Views
Interesting Larry - 17/11/2010 09:43:36 PM 997 Views
It sounds like the French, Spanish and Italians don't read but the Germans do. Tom - 18/11/2010 01:44:21 AM 1255 Views
Might be that Larry - 18/11/2010 01:54:14 AM 998 Views
What are the American percentages, then? Legolas - 18/11/2010 02:48:08 PM 1260 Views
Yes, I don't think percentages are relevant. Gross statistics would matter much more. Ghavrel - 18/11/2010 10:52:24 PM 1025 Views
Oh, and the Spanish translation is already availabe, I see Larry - 16/11/2010 11:49:54 PM 1110 Views
I prefer the original. Like the stairs better than the dark doorway. *NM* Legolas - 17/11/2010 12:16:11 AM 495 Views
Same here Larry - 17/11/2010 12:19:04 AM 1040 Views
I much prefer the original. Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 02:52:30 AM 911 Views
I wonder if it might be published as Prague Cemetery Larry - 17/11/2010 03:36:32 AM 1092 Views
Why do you think that, out of curiosity? Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 04:27:55 AM 1032 Views
Just seems more compact Larry - 17/11/2010 04:32:40 AM 1073 Views
Eco's own history would seem to make that unlikely. Tom - 17/11/2010 05:11:42 AM 1007 Views
True, there is that Larry - 17/11/2010 04:33:45 PM 987 Views
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh Camilla - 17/11/2010 01:04:32 AM 1011 Views
That's the cover I was trying to recall! Larry - 17/11/2010 01:22:35 AM 1019 Views
Re: That's the cover I was trying to recall! Camilla - 17/11/2010 01:24:10 AM 975 Views
That was to fill out 25 2009 releases, I think Larry - 17/11/2010 01:27:51 AM 975 Views
Re: Gaps - 17/11/2010 02:43:12 AM 1091 Views
Foucault's Pendulum Larry - 17/11/2010 03:33:09 AM 1016 Views
I am one of those Baudolino haters out there. Tom - 17/11/2010 05:08:13 AM 1084 Views
Yeah. Kuke - 17/11/2010 12:28:39 PM 1136 Views
I love the weird and grotesque in literature, though Larry - 17/11/2010 04:27:21 PM 1009 Views
Re: I'll read Foucault's Pendulum, then. Gaps - 17/11/2010 07:01:09 PM 1046 Views
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