Nitpicking
Over the break, while I was drinking mimosas and staying as far away from work-related email as possible, NPR did a story on literature in translation, namely, Edith Grossman’s translation of Don Quixote and Lydia Davis’s Madame Bovary. Before getting all screedy, here’s a bit of the piece that I ...
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Does this Capture the Spirit of Don Quixote?
I mentioned it earlier, but here’s the English trailer for Donkey Xote. Personally, I’m pretty disappointed. Don Quixote is a fun, hilarious, readable enjoyable book, but this just seems silly and bad. The cleavage shot at :30 is priceless and the reference to “producers who saw Shrek“ is ...
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