As english is a second language to me, I struggle with the word plays of Ulysses. I could (have) read it in translation, but I feel it's not the same. Like it's untranslatable. My top 3 of authors: 1. Dante Alighieri 2. László Krasznahorkai 3. I can't decide: Hartmann von Aue or Alasdair Gray or Umberto Eco or Novalis or Péter Nádas or H.J.C. Grimmelshausen or Cormac McCarthy and many many more...
I totally get that about Ulysses and translation. I’m a huge Krasznahorkai fan. Also love Dante but I feel, as you do with Ulysses, that I’m missing much reading Dante in English. I haven’t yet read Alasdair Gray but I have Lanark on my shelf waiting to be read! Love Eco too…
@GregHarradineComposer I'll keep ip improving my English maybe one day Ulysses will open up zo me, I have it on the shelf. I have the luck to be able to read Krasznahorkai in the original, I quite think the musicality of his language is also untranslatable, but I'm really happy about his international success. I recommend Gray a lot, I didn't read everything yet, but Lanark, Poor Thing and his short stories are all great.
Beautiful! Super like💥
Thanks Antonio!
Swiss white wine in particular.
Yes! I had to make do with a perfectly adequate Chablis.
Beautiful 👍👍👏👏
The cliffhanger was strong with this one ⛰️
So very knowledgeable ...you so drew me in and kept me hooked... delightful listening to you 🙏🌹
Ah, thanks Therese, kind of you to say! Hope all's well with you.
Thanks Greg for nice sharing👌
Thank you Erica!
As english is a second language to me, I struggle with the word plays of Ulysses. I could (have) read it in translation, but I feel it's not the same. Like it's untranslatable.
My top 3 of authors:
1. Dante Alighieri
2. László Krasznahorkai
3. I can't decide: Hartmann von Aue or Alasdair Gray or Umberto Eco or Novalis or Péter Nádas or H.J.C. Grimmelshausen or Cormac McCarthy and many many more...
I totally get that about Ulysses and translation. I’m a huge Krasznahorkai fan. Also love Dante but I feel, as you do with Ulysses, that I’m missing much reading Dante in English. I haven’t yet read Alasdair Gray but I have Lanark on my shelf waiting to be read! Love Eco too…
@GregHarradineComposer I'll keep ip improving my English maybe one day Ulysses will open up zo me, I have it on the shelf. I have the luck to be able to read Krasznahorkai in the original, I quite think the musicality of his language is also untranslatable, but I'm really happy about his international success.
I recommend Gray a lot, I didn't read everything yet, but Lanark, Poor Thing and his short stories are all great.