Tag: books
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“Sometimes translation is almost like a session of free association.”
Human translators for literary work aren’t going anywhere soon
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“…the wages were decent, the customers wore suits, and the tips were sometimes obscene.”
An excerpt from Sarah Gilmartin’s new book Service in LitHub has sold me on the book
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Taste and Judgement
This post by Sara Hildreth introduced me to something new – W.H. Auden’s framework for thinking about books and criticising them. She’s not the first to write about it but she’s the one who introduced me to it. Basically, there are five ‘verdicts’ that a seasoned reader can arrive at after finishing a book: Hildreth…
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“…old wine in new bottles, not what Jesus ordered”
In a magazine called The Point, Scott Sherman interviews Edwin Frank. Frank is the editor of NYRB Classics, which just gave me the best surprise I’ve had in a long time. It’s a pretty highbrow piece — lots of the references went over my head, but if you’re a nerd for old books, it’s absolutely…
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“…It’s nonsense, of course. But it’s load-bearing nonsense.”
Dave Karpf finds two books with the same title about the same thing, 20 years apart.