
Which English translation?
French
LatestMots D’Heures: Gousses, Rames
This book is mind-blowing! My French teacher had it when I was in high school... 20 years later I was thrilled when I found a copy of my own.
Russian
LatestReview of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (translated by Constance Garnett)
I was happy with the Garnett translation; not so happy with the Nietzschean philosophy.
Spanish
LatestReview of Don Quixote by Cervantes (translated by P.A. Motteux)
I really thought this was going to be a dull book. I was wrong!
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Chinese
LatestReview of The Art of War by Sun Tzu (translated by Lionel Giles)
I'd bet far more people have heard of this influential Chinese classic than have read it.
Japanese
LatestReview of Isle of Dogs (2018 movie)
Nope. Still not a fan of Wes Anderson.
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