tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post7363682707413435257..comments2024-03-28T20:46:22.875+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: The Story of a New Name by Elena FerranteClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-6600960583464002002015-09-15T10:01:27.005+01:002015-09-15T10:01:27.005+01:00I'll check with her.I'll check with her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-72364883434443061782015-09-14T10:55:48.698+01:002015-09-14T10:55:48.698+01:00Very pleased about your friend's book! I'm...Very pleased about your friend's book! I'm trying to decide whether you would like Ferrante -and I'm not sure. I'll be interested to hear Ellen's ultimate verdict on the series, and on whether you would like it!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-68366600264617228752015-09-14T09:54:40.604+01:002015-09-14T09:54:40.604+01:00I've been wondering about this series. A frie...I've been wondering about this series. A friend is also reading it and likes it. Haven't heard a peep about the translation, but I'll ask her about it. Oh, it's my midwife friend who is reading it. (Her book is selling all over to midwifery courses, etc.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-56758633924397356902015-09-10T10:44:02.514+01:002015-09-10T10:44:02.514+01:00That must be an interesting path to follow Prashan...That must be an interesting path to follow Prashant. I have no gift for languages, so if I want to read foreign literature I have to go for translations - though I always wish I could read them in the original. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-71696177508936991432015-09-10T10:14:19.864+01:002015-09-10T10:14:19.864+01:00Moira, I don't remember when I last read a tra...Moira, I don't remember when I last read a translated work. I'm impressed with people (and that includes you, Moira) who read books originally written in another language. I have got to step out of my comfort zone of reading. I mean, I do have access to hundreds of English adaptations of books written in more than a dozen Indian languages.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-65926582466979686972015-09-09T22:15:57.491+01:002015-09-09T22:15:57.491+01:00I think it really is a must-read. And maybe the la...I think it really is a must-read. And maybe the language of the translation is meant to reflect something in the original? I'm just puzzled that it doesn't seem to be mentioned much, reviewers don't say anything about the translation. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-74134513853194144952015-09-09T20:14:55.738+01:002015-09-09T20:14:55.738+01:00I noticed, too. I had to look twice to be sure abo...I noticed, too. I had to look twice to be sure about what was white with lime. A pity, because this does sound like a must read.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510409974009816550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-40880633015103918812015-09-09T08:59:56.031+01:002015-09-09T08:59:56.031+01:00I don't want to discourage people from reading...I don't want to discourage people from reading it, she is such a great writer, and what she has to say is important. But I don't think this translation does her any favours. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-30780996879638045472015-09-09T08:59:06.138+01:002015-09-09T08:59:06.138+01:00I think you can.....I think you can.....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-17015219160468912062015-09-09T08:58:55.459+01:002015-09-09T08:58:55.459+01:00It's not a sweet or easy read Tracy, but it is...It's not a sweet or easy read Tracy, but it is very compelling, and has a feeling for great honesty and truth. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-66565488650935057402015-09-09T08:58:15.740+01:002015-09-09T08:58:15.740+01:00Bill: the whole thing does mystify me, because thi...Bill: the whole thing does mystify me, because this is an important and much-praised book. And I'm sure the New Yorker (where the translator works) would question these sentence... they're well known to be very fussy.<br />Yes indeed, her descriptions make me think of classic b/w Italian movies of the era...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-47589084246416406612015-09-09T08:00:34.824+01:002015-09-09T08:00:34.824+01:00What a shame about the dodgy translation, which I ...What a shame about the dodgy translation, which I noticed in the first extract before you even mentioned it. I find that so off-putting.I haven't read Ferrante and this makes me think I don't want to, or at least not until she gets a better translator.harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470091985662379182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-51734453880482938732015-09-09T06:00:02.643+01:002015-09-09T06:00:02.643+01:00I think I can leave this author in your safe hands...I think I can leave this author in your safe hands,col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-62232124132790044722015-09-09T04:41:08.196+01:002015-09-09T04:41:08.196+01:00Maybe it is the handling of the translation that t...Maybe it is the handling of the translation that threw me off. I did not care for the extract at all, yet your description of the story sounded like it could be interesting.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-64618919903038700402015-09-08T23:57:09.565+01:002015-09-08T23:57:09.565+01:00Moira: How could a publisher tolerate such a trans...Moira: How could a publisher tolerate such a translation?????<br /><br />On the description of the young woman I thought of a clip from an Italian movie of the early 1950's with Sophia Loren walking through the streets of Naples.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-23122326822948757062015-09-08T13:32:13.295+01:002015-09-08T13:32:13.295+01:00Thanks Margot - and yes I do wholly recommend thes...Thanks Margot - and yes I do wholly recommend these books despite the translation issues. They have a lot to say about women's lives: then and now, in every country....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-87043558744988758652015-09-08T12:56:02.606+01:002015-09-08T12:56:02.606+01:00Moira,
I'm very much with you on the transla...Moira,<br /> I'm very much with you on the translation issue. It's a very tricky thing, translating, and when it doesn't work well, it really does have an impact. That said though, this does sound like a solid second book in the series. I like the way the reactions to that outfit are described. It says as much about attitudes and culture as it does anything else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com