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felice

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Universe Quest: Rick Riordanverse
Found Family in Fantasy
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Babel
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
Wash Day Diaries
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The Song of Achilles
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The Odyssey
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
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  • Emergency Skin
    Thoughts from 83% (page 30)
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  • The Odyssey
    Thoughts from 20% (page 104)

    These pre-thoughts contain "spoilers" for the introduction and translator's notes, which I don't believe are possible to spoil as they are not narrative.

    I was skeptical about Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey before I read her introduction and translator's notes. I believed that Homer should "sound epic." I thought Wilson's verse sounded too much like my own speech, and I wanted to feel some level of literary distance in the text. Wilson convinced me that this is an incorrect assumption about the text based on my own cultural biases. Homer's "style" was not ornate or grand, and there's no reason why a translation should be. Wilson explains clearly why she chooses more modern and straightforward words. She also explains that she wants the translation to openly acknowledge that it is a translation and find the beauty in that acknowledgement instead of trying to hide one's own translator identity. It's not possible, so why try?

    I'd encourage anyone to pick up this modern translation for a modern world and see how it challenges you.

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  • (qotd!) video games

    what is a video game (or video game series) that you would love to read about (if it were made into a book)?

    mine would be 🔗rusty lake

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