Life happened because I turned the pages~~Alberto Manguel

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Subterranean homesick blues

Jessa Crispin talks to one of Cortazar's translators:

"Literature in translation may always be low-profile in bookshops, but what can lead to even greater frustration for McLean is the simple lack of appreciation for a writer who is one of her favorites.
“In decent bookshops you see Hopscotch and Blow-Up, and in really good ones, you might find a few more. But [Cortazar] has become an obscure author in English, which Spanish and Latin American readers find pretty hard to believe.”'


Also Bengali Babu readers of a certain generation. "Phaark this Marquezh-da and Neru-da! Habh you read Cortazar? Na? Shome people have no shame, calling themselves readers weethout reading heem, hiyaar, take my copy, iph you get coffee shtains on it I weel keel you."
It's been almost 17 years, but Bishnu Ghose, if you're reading this...thank you and I owe you a copy of The Diary of Andres Fava.

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1 Comments:

And trust you did read Vargas Llosa on the way, if not, then you aint read nothin yet

By Blogger readerswords, at 7/21/2005 06:21:00 AM  

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