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Barbara Shoup's avatar

Wow! I love your insights about translation here. And I'm adding those novels to my to-read list!

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Emily GreenPurpleFireDragon's avatar

A book that I would type out, or even write out by hand, would be one of Joseph Kessel’s.

After reading Les Cavaliers (The Horsemen) in English, I could find no other translations at the university library network, so I ended up reading them in French when I could barely even read Harry Potter.

The language and the descriptions and the entry into other cultures (Afghanistan, Russia, Syria…) are so good that it was like opening my eyes under water, or even discovering that I could breathe under water.

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