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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 12:14 AM Original message |
Poll question: Favorite Novel in Translation |
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BigMcLargehuge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. The Brothers Karamazov |
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regularguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 01:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. Constance Garnett is probably the one... |
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7th_Sephiroth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 09:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
53. Dude |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. The Tin Drum by Günther Gräss |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. The Stranger |
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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 12:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Second |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
4. This poll definitely has a European slant |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 12:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" by Mishima |
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7th_Sephiroth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 09:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
54. Parasite Eve |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. Dostoevsky's The Idiot |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
7. Proust, A Remembrance of Things Past. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 12:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I should have included Kundera |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
8. Les Miserables, Victor Hugo. Unabridged only. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 12:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. That's what I was going to say! |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 10:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
57. make that three of us |
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Kenneth ken (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
12. Love In The Time Of Cholera n/t |
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Colin Ex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 10:04 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Hahaha! |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
13. bocaccio's decameron |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
14. Rain of Gold. |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. now this is an hard question |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 10:35 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. I was trying to think of German-language novels that might be widely |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 01:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. no, I don't read American books in translation |
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phaseolus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. Bulgakin, "Heart of a Dog" |
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DisgustipatedinCA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
17. Foucault's Pendulum |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 09:49 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. That could be in the "Books that remind you of DU" category, couldn't it? |
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Khephra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 10:04 AM Response to Reply #17 |
56. I'll agree with that one |
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Colin Ex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
20. Name of the Rose |
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Zolok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
21. Le Debacle by Emile Zola... |
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curse10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
22. Anna Karenina |
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felonious thunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
23. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
25. Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita" |
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rbnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 02:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. YES! |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
26. Sombra de la Sombra |
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BritishHuman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
27. Bulgakov's "The Master and Marguerita" |
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Red_Storm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:23 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. The General In His Labrynth - Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Really?! The only one in translation? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 12:24 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. There are at least two translations... |
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BritishHuman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 03:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. *cough* It's mostly because I ain't well-read. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 03:20 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. SF, Fantasy, Horror... |
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BritishHuman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 09:23 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Hmmm... I'll have to take a look. |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:54 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Yep, that's about the king o' all translated novels. |
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regularguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
29. Brothers K. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 12:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Just to be technical... |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. Kinkakuji |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
34. 'The Name of the Rose' is a mind-bogglingly good story. |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 02:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. "The Name of the Rose" was hard! But I finished it. I liked it, |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
35. Candide |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 12:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Good choice! |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. The Brothers Karamazov |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
40. Love in the time of CHolera-Marquez |
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rbnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
42. I voted for Crime and Punishment, but actually... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 02:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Liked that one too. |
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thebeaglehaslanded (518 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
45. "A Void" by Georges Perec. Written in French without the letter E. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 02:37 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Was it actually an intrsting rad? |
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markses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
50. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, by Italo Calvino |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
52. Stanislaw Lem |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
55. "The Man Without Qualities" by Robert Musil |
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