Well, I got two of them, with two more following later. I have to say that the outside is nice (but only acceptably so), but the paper inside is hideously thin. I've gotten tissue accompanying wedding invitations thicker than the pages in these editions. The cost is appalling given the quality of the product. Folio Society books are much nicer and similarly priced.
Follow the link if you have any questions.
Follow the link if you have any questions.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Julian Barnes on translation
- 18/11/2010 05:49:37 PM
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That's a very interesting article. Though it does sound like he'd never be happy.
- 18/11/2010 08:06:09 PM
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That was a long article.
- 19/11/2010 07:05:12 PM
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Re: That was a long article.
- 19/11/2010 09:59:24 PM
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Yeah, I think English translations on average are better than those in smaller languages.
- 19/11/2010 10:16:44 PM
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On balance, I'm glad I read the Steegmuller translation when I read the novel.
- 20/11/2010 05:14:42 PM
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Vas-tu faire s’enculée, Camille!
- 20/11/2010 05:26:08 PM
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If you don't mind a few grammatical corrections of your swearing... 
- 20/11/2010 05:42:57 PM
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- 20/11/2010 05:42:57 PM
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It was a quick and dirty rendering
- 20/11/2010 05:53:13 PM
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And I didn't order from France. It's a US-based company that I bought it from. *NM*
- 20/11/2010 05:54:55 PM
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I love Pleiade editions
- 21/11/2010 12:14:14 AM
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How tall are they, out of curiosity?
- 21/11/2010 12:50:57 AM
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Not tall
- 21/11/2010 09:59:55 AM
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I got my books today.
- 23/11/2010 05:38:20 AM
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Re: I got my books today.
- 23/11/2010 10:33:10 AM
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Regardless, if Pleiade is the best France has to offer, their book industry is awful.
- 23/11/2010 07:17:13 PM
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Re: Oh Authorial intent.
- 21/11/2010 02:07:27 AM
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Like hell it's about authorial intent.
- 21/11/2010 05:40:22 AM
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Re: I didn't even read it, I guessed based on the author's initials.
- 21/11/2010 01:37:40 PM
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So I take it you missed the whole part about Nabokov's translation of Eugene Onegin.
- 21/11/2010 03:28:14 PM
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Re: Yes, I missed all of that. Such a conclusion clearly follows from my previous response. *NM*
- 21/11/2010 03:57:16 PM
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Actually it does. Your responses are just cheap tricks, not discussions. *NM*
- 21/11/2010 04:44:21 PM
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Re: Cheap tricks?
- 21/11/2010 10:45:39 PM
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Barnes' article has little to do with authorial intent
- 21/11/2010 11:37:25 PM
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I think it is more about the "authentic experience" than about intent.
- 21/11/2010 10:01:57 AM
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