... the books would also all fit for the challenges, but it's all purely by chance.
Simone Bertière's newest, described in her intro as a "light and fun-to-write little book", now in paperback: Dumas et les Mousquetaires - histoire d'un chef-d'oeuvre" , a short history of the writing of Dumas's trilogy (and the origins of the Roman-feuilleton "genre"
, doubled by her original analysis of the three novels through the eyes of an historian specialist of the times in which the books are set, and even more a specialist of the central figures Dumas has turned into characters (from Retz to Mazarin, Anne d'Autriche to Louise de Lavallière, Bertière has written history books or biographies on each of those people).
, doubled by her original analysis of the three novels through the eyes of an historian specialist of the times in which the books are set, and even more a specialist of the central figures Dumas has turned into characters (from Retz to Mazarin, Anne d'Autriche to Louise de Lavallière, Bertière has written history books or biographies on each of those people). OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH. Oh my. I am going to need to read that book. Oh My!
Yes please. Although she would have to have muddled it up pretty badly for me to not buy that one.
It's obvious she's had a lot of fun writing this one, and it makes it fun to read too. Not terribly deep, but still fun and informative.
I can well believe that.
Umberto Eco's Il Cimitero di Praga (Le Cimetière de Prague in French, coming out in English toward the end of 2011 as Prague's Cemetary).
It is out already in French? That just isn't fair.
His French and Spanish translations always come out earlier than others. I think this might have to do with the fact Eco is said to collaborate a lot to the translation work, especially in the languages he's fluent in. I guess this means he's not working on many translations at once, and seemingly he always starts with Spanish, then French.
That makes sense. I seem to remember he has some influence on the English translation as well.
This novel in particular must have been easier than usual to translate to French, as a very great deal of the sources and literary references Eco used are French, and so are many of the historical events happening or referred to in the book (a lot of it happens in Paris), and the protagonist's diary is written in French, so I think Eco might well have mimicked French mannerisms in the original Italian to render that, which would have made it all the easier to translate in French.
Oh my, I cannot wait.
As always the translation by Jean-Noël Schiffano reads extremely well, and the edition is well done, so I guess he might have started working with Eco before the book was even out in Italy, as he's done for some of the earlier novels.
I had not heard of that one. I may have to read it. It could go horribly, horribly wrong. But how is one supposed to resist? The Murray Time Travel Agency. Lovely.
50 pages in. So far, so good but no alternate history/sf elements have come in yet. I kind of like the tone/style of the narrator so far.
I am glad. A friend of mine bought it for me in Spanish (I have a rule that if someone needs to send something via my flat because someone for some reason does not send stuff out of Britain, I require a present from my Amazon wishlist), so I'll see soon enough, I suppose.
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Happy May! What are you reading this month?
- 01/05/2011 10:09:44 AM
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Looks like I'm going to be reading even more 19th century British literature...
- 01/05/2011 12:32:46 PM
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Vanity Fair is marvelous - slightly too long, but marvelous. *NM*
- 16/05/2011 10:22:04 PM
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It is, isn't it? Marvellous, that is.
- 16/05/2011 10:47:14 PM
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I don't know that I love any of the characters. (spoilers, if anyone cares)
- 16/05/2011 11:03:05 PM
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Lies of Locke Lamora
- 01/05/2011 02:24:39 PM
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*NM*
I was suprised by how much I liked that book and how intense parts were. *NM*
- 15/05/2011 01:20:10 PM
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Started Dumas et les Mousquetaires
- 20/05/2011 08:40:53 PM
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Okay, here it goes.
- 01/05/2011 02:33:08 PM
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Read Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman as a bit off distraction reading. *NM*
- 15/05/2011 03:08:46 PM
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It's been awhile since I've posted on this board but here are my books for May
- 02/05/2011 12:59:32 AM
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A 19th century-themed month, and a feuilleton-themed month...
- 02/05/2011 01:42:30 AM
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I am consumed with envy.
- 02/05/2011 04:24:16 PM
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- 02/05/2011 09:06:58 PM
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- 02/05/2011 11:29:22 PM
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The Dutch translation has been out since early February, a quick Google tells me.
- 02/05/2011 09:47:42 PM
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Re: The Dutch translation has been out since early February, a quick Google tells me.
- 02/05/2011 11:16:08 PM
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- 03/05/2011 07:59:09 PM
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I hate you all
- 02/05/2011 11:30:09 PM
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- 03/05/2011 10:11:56 PM
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- 03/05/2011 10:14:08 PM
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I'm gonna have to side with you on that...
- 03/05/2011 10:27:03 PM
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- 03/05/2011 10:29:03 PM
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I certainly am interested. It's past time I order another batch of books from Amazon.fr anyhow.
- 02/05/2011 09:48:41 PM
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Boring stuff... (well, not boring enough for me to actually be complaining)
- 02/05/2011 02:50:41 AM
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I am intrigued
- 02/05/2011 03:50:42 PM
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Still reading my Malazan books. Tried reading Dust of Dreams and realized I had forgotten too much.
- 15/05/2011 01:18:10 PM
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