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The Shadow Benito Pérez Galdós Translated by Karen O. Austin (Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1980) My inadvertent “Galdós in English translation” project continues with his first novel… The Shadow (La sombra) was written by Galdós in 1866 or 1867 but wasn’t published until 1870 in serial form. It was his first novel and, although […]
Codex Heidelbergensis 398 The single surviving manuscript of Hanno’s Periplus Locate din the Universitätsbibliothek, Heidelberg Picture sourceOff the Beaten Track in the Classics by Carl Kaeppel (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1936) For the most part the student must lament that ‘the iniquity of oblivion’ has overtaken work of the utmost value, but sometimes a precious […]
A few links I wanted to pass on… An interview with Margaret Jull Costa at The White Review What is one to make of ‘a solidão de esparguete da girafa’ on page one? Should I have translated that as ‘the spaghetti solitude of the giraffe’ rather than ‘the lofty, long-drawn-out solitude of the giraffe’, which […]
Rustic Baroque by Jiří Hájíček Translation from the Czech by Gale A. Kirking (Brno: Real World Press, 2012)Links: Opening the wounds of collectivization: Rustic Baroque in English Czech literature portal’s new book notice A pdf of the first few pages in the book (There are more links at Real World Press but not all the […]
Off the Beaten Track in the Classics by Carl Kaeppel (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1936) Kaeppel begins his book with an essay on “Gais Iulius Solinus, a Teller of Wonder-Tales”. Solinus’ work, the Collectanea Rerum Memorabilium (Gallery of Wonderful Things), was written somewhere between 230 and 280 A.D. by Kaeppel’s reckoning. Different editions of it […]
When I read the review of this book in David Meadow’s post at rogueclassicism I thought it would be a great way to get my boys interested in a version of The Iliad. Unfortunately neither of them was inclined to pick up the book on their own but they have responded well to my reading […]
I’ve read a few books by Ryszard Kapuściński and thoroughly enjoyed them. He was a marvelous raconteur. The one book of his I posted about was Travels with Herodotus, a half-memoir and half-reflection on Herodotus’ The Histories. Reading it just after re-reading The Histories was perfect timing, amplifying my pleasure of it. The liberties Kapuściński […]
Tristana: Buñuel’s Film and Galdós’ Novel: A Case Study in the Relation Between Literature and Film by Colin Partridge (New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1995) OK, finally wrapping up Tristana… Colin Partridge has provided a valuable service for anyone interested in an English translation of Galdós’ novel. Tristana is a wonderful book full of […]
Tristana (1970) directed by Luis Buñuel IMDb.com page for the movie Fernando Rey: Don Lope Catherine Deneuve: Tristana Franco Nero: Horacio Lola Gaos: Saturna Jesús Fernández: Saturno Tristana was one of the few movies adapted from a novel that I watched before reading the book. After reading the novel I’m more impressed with what Buñuel […]
Tristana: Buñuel’s Film and Galdós’ Novel: A Case Study in the Relation Between Literature and Film by Colin Partridge (New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1995) In reading though Colin Partridge’s essay on the novel Tristana I found a quote from Fortunata and Jacinta that I had marked as important when I read it but […]
Tristana: Buñuel’s Film and Galdós’ Novel: A Case Study in the Relation Between Literature and Film by Colin Partridge (New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1995) In a novel full of ambiguity, Tristana’s lover Horacio is the one certainty. He’s a disappointment. I should expand on that judgment and qualify it where appropriate. Horacio’s early […]
Tristana: Buñuel’s Film and Galdós’ Novel: A Case Study in the Relation Between Literature and Film by Colin Partridge (New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1995). All quotes are from Partridge’s translation of the text unless otherwise noted. I’m realizing how poorly thought out my approach was on writing about Tristana, but I’m halfway through […]
Tristana: Buñuel’s Film and Galdós’ Novel: A Case Study in the Relation Between Literature and Film by Colin Partridge (New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1995) I had originally planned to have several posts on the main characters of Tristana and then talk about the opposing viewpoints on the novel but I realized that order […]
Happy new year! I’m looking forward to starting 2013 with yet another wonderful novel by Galdós. Tristana: Buñuel’s Film and Galdós’ Novel: A Case Study in the Relation Between Literature and Film by Colin Partridge (New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1995) I was able to obtain this book through an interlibrary loan—good copies are […]
Death of an Athlete by Miklós Mészöly Translated by Tim Wilkinson Liverpool: Bluecoat Press, 2012My earlier post on the novel and author, providing a few links available in English on both. Hildie, the companion of recently deceased track star Bálint Őze, is asked by the State Sports Press to record a memoir about his life. […]
I mentioned in an earlier post that I have a list of most of the characters by Bolesław Prus’ The Doll. I enjoyed the novel quite a bit and hope that others will take the plunge on reading it. Toward that end I’m posting my list of character names. As you can see there are […]
Merry Christmas! A bookish Christmas for me, receiving the annotated version of Some Do Not… and No More Parades. The wife, she notices. These are the books staring at me from various places around the house, although I’m sure I’m missing some. I will try to focus on these in the early part of 2013. […]
Death of an Athlete by Miklós Mészöly Translated by Tim Wilkinson Liverpool: Bluecoat Press, 2012I’m having trouble finding much about Miklós Mészöly in English. Hungarian Literature Online has several posts on the writer and the recent English translation of Death of an Athlete. I’ll have a separate post on the book but wanted to provide […]
Jomar Hønsi, who has been nice enough to comment on posts regarding Jaroslav Hašek, is highlighted (as is his website www.honsi.org) in this interview at Radio Prague. From the interview: And to explain a little bit to people who don’t know Hašek – he had the most extraordinary adventures during the First World War, travelling […]
Whenever children get together in a group there’s usually one kid off playing by himself, aware of the action around him but he seems to be happier focusing on what he’s doing. If someone else joins in, fine. If not, that’s OK, too. That, in a nutshell, seems to be my blog. It doesn’t purposefully […]