Are you guys going to recommend a particular translation of each book for us non-Russophones?
Tim Send a noteboard - 14/02/2010 01:27:24 PM
I think that would be a sensible move.
Also, my preference would be to have The Master and Margarita much earlier, bringing forward the Gogol if necessary. But that may well just be me...
Also, my preference would be to have The Master and Margarita much earlier, bringing forward the Gogol if necessary. But that may well just be me...
Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt.
—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.
—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.
—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
So...what is the decision on the main book club?
- 13/02/2010 03:17:16 AM
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There are two official book clubs. 
- 13/02/2010 09:50:15 AM
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- 13/02/2010 09:50:15 AM
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By which I mean to say that your order should stand. *NM*
- 13/02/2010 10:29:50 AM
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*NM*
- 13/02/2010 10:29:50 AM
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We're happy with that...I was trying to make sure we didn't fracture things too much.
- 13/02/2010 02:29:15 PM
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So are we a go for Doctor Zhivago for March 15?
- 13/02/2010 07:34:21 PM
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I was considering reading it, too.
- 14/02/2010 10:37:14 PM
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Yeah, I know.
- 14/02/2010 11:26:45 PM
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Nope.
- 14/02/2010 11:31:14 PM
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Out of curiosity, why not the library?
- 15/02/2010 06:33:07 AM
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Are you guys going to recommend a particular translation of each book for us non-Russophones?
- 14/02/2010 01:27:24 PM
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Uh...I hadn't thought about that. I will try to find out which translations are better.
- 14/02/2010 03:08:08 PM
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That's why I thought it might be good to remind you that the rest of us will have to 
. *NM*
- 14/02/2010 03:37:21 PM
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. *NM*
- 14/02/2010 03:37:21 PM
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I would recommend the Max Hayward/Manya Harari translation.
- 14/02/2010 04:55:05 PM
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Good thing that translation is the main one available in the US (the tradeback form)
- 14/02/2010 05:01:33 PM
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Interesting. I have a Hayward/Harari translation
- 15/02/2010 04:38:36 PM
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I have seen a lot of very irresponsible things said about this novel.
- 15/02/2010 06:08:27 PM
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I bet
- 16/02/2010 10:32:46 AM
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No, actually the plot in the movie and plot in the book are quite different.
- 16/02/2010 01:39:12 PM
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Hmmm. Since the majority are reading it in English, I suppose I should too.
- 14/02/2010 11:34:20 PM
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Regarding M&M
- 15/02/2010 02:22:14 AM
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Rebekah says there's a good reason for it to be in December. So I'll just go with the plan. *NM*
- 15/02/2010 08:48:04 AM
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Actually, I'm not sure what the reasoning would be, other than to space things out.
- 15/02/2010 07:00:29 PM
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Doesn't seem to be an Audible for Pasternak. *NM*
- 14/02/2010 03:36:33 PM
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Maybe. I've never been interested in finding out what an Audible is.
- 14/02/2010 04:56:21 PM
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I just noticed one glaring omission
- 15/02/2010 08:06:32 PM
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All of Nabokov's significant work was written in English while he was living abroad.
- 15/02/2010 10:37:20 PM
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