[lit-ideas] Re: The Philosopher Who Died of the Disease of Cancer
- From: Stephen Straker <straker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 13:39:05 -0700
re: *Austerlitz* by WG Sebald.
Ritchie:
> ... I'm both engaged and put off simultaneously...
> Sometimes it drones on and on: ...
> Sebald captures the dullness of grey days in
> Belgium and Britain just perfectly.
*JUST PERFECTLY*. Exactly ... just my point.
> ... can those German speakers amongst you imagine this as
> something a German speaker who is fluent in English would say,
> "died of the disease of cancer"? ... [p. 40]
Sebald wrote the book in German. You and I are reading a
(highly praised) translation. So the issue isn't quite the
one you pose.
Do carry on & you will be more and more rewarded.
Stephen
<straker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Vancouver, B.C.
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