tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502245000248725118.post7593202995430306406..comments2024-03-18T23:21:19.197-07:00Comments on Ciao Domenica: Madame BovarySunday Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148090705938196599noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502245000248725118.post-20527855744929950782012-04-17T20:01:26.518-07:002012-04-17T20:01:26.518-07:00We used to have the most wonderful used book store...We used to have the most wonderful used book store here. Being a university town, the store was filled with possibilities. One day a beautiful edition of Madame Bovary fell into my hands. Its spine etched in gold leaf with title and lovely simple decoration. Two mysteries went home with me. Why would someone give up such a beautiful book and why was I so lucky?<br /><br />I just finished Lady in Gold, the story of the Adele Block-Bauer's Klimt portrait. And just think, the answer to fight the Austrian government was found in a used book store in LA!home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502245000248725118.post-20981725325770119782012-04-16T14:15:58.028-07:002012-04-16T14:15:58.028-07:00After a bit of research it seems Mr. Hopkins is be...After a bit of research it seems Mr. Hopkins is best known for his translations. One critic states he takes the liberty of adding to the text. I am even more inclined to compare the two now. This might need to be a summer study. BonnieBonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06285041048746416249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502245000248725118.post-64777710785970933082012-04-16T05:15:41.070-07:002012-04-16T05:15:41.070-07:00What a beautiful jacket - I will have to see who d...What a beautiful jacket - I will have to see who did it, although I have a suspicion!! Madame Bovary is one of those books on every literary minded person I admire's top ten list, including one of my oldest publishing friends who now runs an entire publishing house. Did you see Lydia Davis' comments to questions about it on the Paris Review a while back - not major, just a few tidbits.quintessencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484326999396839391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502245000248725118.post-12504485906181392552012-04-15T17:40:49.462-07:002012-04-15T17:40:49.462-07:00Bonnie, I would imagine if you compared that trans...Bonnie, I would imagine if you compared that translation from 1949 to the new one, you would find many differences. Gender may have an influence. You have a treasure there, and is the translator the poet Gerard Hopkins?Sunday Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13148090705938196599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502245000248725118.post-69557908487902462872012-04-15T17:37:16.117-07:002012-04-15T17:37:16.117-07:00That's a good question, Kathy. I'm sure m...That's a good question, Kathy. I'm sure many writers from the past would be surprised to see the covers on their books. And by the way, aren't we lucky to have Diesel in the neighborhood!Sunday Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13148090705938196599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502245000248725118.post-28083077183110383382012-04-15T09:24:15.997-07:002012-04-15T09:24:15.997-07:00It's the most gorgeous cover I've ever see...It's the most gorgeous cover I've ever seen!Megan Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00520307813991565047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502245000248725118.post-1162655232352761162012-04-14T13:10:13.342-07:002012-04-14T13:10:13.342-07:00I actually have a 1949 edition, translated by Gera...I actually have a 1949 edition, translated by Gerard Hopkins. I found it while browsing at one of my favorite antique stores in St. Louis. It is filled will underlinings and penciled remarks by a previous owner. It would be interesting to compare the translations: male and female. Or, does gender have an influence? The cover of the edition you highlight is very beautiful.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06285041048746416249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502245000248725118.post-81996821526646684962012-04-14T10:28:58.265-07:002012-04-14T10:28:58.265-07:00I've read this novel several times during my r...I've read this novel several times during my reading life and each time I find it more interesting and thought-provoking. I bought the Lydia Davis translation when it was released a couple of years ago, but am waiting for the right time to read it again. I'm never quite sure how I feel about Emma - it changes each time I read the novel. Now that I think of it, this is one of the novels that helped form my reading tastes!Anbolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10080054175904900094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502245000248725118.post-83813415565110419572012-04-14T08:06:33.591-07:002012-04-14T08:06:33.591-07:00Very grateful for this handsome announcement of th...Very grateful for this handsome announcement of the new translation. The novel was (is) of passionate interest, if not lifelong absorption, of the highly gifted and entertaining Peruvian novelist, Mario Vargas Llosa, a recent winner of the Nobel Prize, residing through a long and sometimes politically stormy career in Paris as well as Lima, whose own work on Mme Bovary might delight you very much. His recurring influence by Flaubert's great character has shown, to me, how very powerful that original creation does remain. Straight to my bookseller.Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972899387484460347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502245000248725118.post-76505719718992112062012-04-14T07:04:33.303-07:002012-04-14T07:04:33.303-07:00Will be stopping at Diesel today ~ coincidentally,...Will be stopping at Diesel today ~ coincidentally, had just been thinking about Madame Bovary and felt it was time for a read again. And although a huge YES to the cover, wonder what Flaubert would think of it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502245000248725118.post-44920489294038214652012-04-13T21:39:10.028-07:002012-04-13T21:39:10.028-07:00I knew nothing about the background and trial surr...I knew nothing about the background and trial surrounding Madame B. I read it for book club a few years ago so look forward to reasing more of your thoughts.Joan Hunter Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14652041203134127783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502245000248725118.post-3315880925496291032012-04-13T14:26:13.666-07:002012-04-13T14:26:13.666-07:00It has been decades since I read Madame Bovary. Yo...It has been decades since I read Madame Bovary. Your quoted passage and lovely post make me want to pick up this new translation and read it anew, Sunday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com