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Lancelot Schaubert
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...and a second update because the first ran out:
(3) Mendlebaum's translation is FUN. And that's seldom the case with headier types, but I have enjoyed savoring this.
This is the one you should get if you want to try it.
— Feb 16, 2023 10:44AM
(3) Mendlebaum's translation is FUN. And that's seldom the case with headier types, but I have enjoyed savoring this.
This is the one you should get if you want to try it.
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Lancelot Schaubert
is on page 158 of 576
Realizing how many parallels certain parts of this has with the Name of the Wind. And also, translating it from Latin alongside, how much of it parallels Poetics of Personification.
Really just the making and unmaking of persons / figures / words / names / nouns.
— Jan 02, 2024 07:08PM
Really just the making and unmaking of persons / figures / words / names / nouns.
Lancelot Schaubert
is on page 130 of 576
Something — other than the obvious motif of transformation — that keeps coming to mind within this particular version is how often (1) folks do not consider the consequences of their actions and thoughts upon themselves and others (2) folks pursue reckless desires without reflecting on the deepening of those desires — not the eye, but the means of seeing; not the ear, but the true means of hearing
— Feb 16, 2023 10:44AM
