So what happened to Norman Thomas di Giovanni's translations of Borges? I can't find them anywhere
So what happened to Norman Thomas di Giovanni's translations of Borges? I can't find them anywhere
Caleb Flores
Benjamin Reyes
Borges's greedy cunt of a wife, María Kodama, let them fall out of print because the contract Norman had signed with Borges gave him 50% of the profits. Check your local library and online inter-library loan systems, or buy used copies off of abebooks. Don't read Andrew Hurley's translations.
Grayson Parker
Hurley's translations are good but NOT approved by Borges. In some cares Borges said that DiGiovanni's translations were better than the original Spanish.
Blake Harris
If youre looking for ebooks they are still on libgen
Caleb Diaz
>In some cares Borges said that DiGiovanni's translations were better than the original Spanish.
Some lines. Not entire works.
Dylan Gomez
DiGiovanni's translations are definitive. There's no reason to ever translate Borges into English again, and it infuriates me that these perfect translations are kept out of the public's hands. Kodama needs to fuck off.
Michael Reyes
doing the lord's work
Jaxon Cooper
Where to start with Borges?
Jason Thomas
Universal History of Infamy (small book, anyway)
Ficciones
The Aleph
The Book of Sand
Brodie's Report
Jayden Garcia
Jorge "My wife is asian" Luis Borges
Brayden Myers
don't start with a universal history of infamy. start with ficciones.
Ayden Bennett
Yea, I guess you're right.
Jaxson Lee
So is there any possibility of a reprint? Or is it literally impossible?
Jace Thomas
when she dies, perhaps.
Thomas Young
She's over 80 years old; the answer is to wait and pray that her successor isn't as greedy.
Justin Rodriguez
>pray that her successor isn't as greedy.
They're Argentines, not sure what you're expecting. Their country is literally facing an economic crisis. Whoever her successor might be, he'll be just as greedy and hungry as her.
Lucas Cooper
won't happen until they're public domain
Jaxon Ross
>37 years until Borges's original Spanish writings are in the public domain
>68 years Norman Thomas di Giovanni's translations are in the public domain
Fuck.
Easton Howard
Gabriel Thomas
Neither of these are working for me
Anthony Hill
where do you live? the first one worked for me
Jordan Hall
>5 years since reading Fictions, and still haven't started learning spanish
Why am I so fucking lazy
Blake Edwards
>Why am I so fucking lazy
the web is stopping you from doing anything of worth
Camden Powell
Never mind, the first one works. Although some of the stories are translated by Anthony Kerrigan, did Giovanni not translate those? Also does anyone have an epub version? I'd prefer that.
Seriously fuck that greedy bitch