tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post6232900553383514577..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: FFB: Where There's Love, There's Hate - Casares & OcampoJ F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-10353270755053984032014-11-15T12:57:28.687-06:002014-11-15T12:57:28.687-06:00Your memory and mine both, John. :-) Your memory and mine both, John. :-) Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-32623861280405890962014-11-14T20:21:32.514-06:002014-11-14T20:21:32.514-06:00When I saw this in the bookstore and read the blur...When I saw this in the bookstore and read the blurb on the back cover I knew it sounded vaguely familiar. Now I can recall reading your review. But you know me these days -- short term memory is shot to hell! :^OJ F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-71575186450001965052014-11-14T19:27:56.281-06:002014-11-14T19:27:56.281-06:00Lovely, in-depth review, John! Glad to see you enj...Lovely, in-depth review, John! Glad to see you enjoyed it as much as I did early this year--for the same square!Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-54031726299867523192014-11-10T11:28:10.733-06:002014-11-10T11:28:10.733-06:00Fascinating. This is one I must read. I have the P...Fascinating. This is one I must read. I have the Parodi book, but still haven't got round to reading it, though I hate to admit it...Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-30680290381234104512014-11-08T14:25:55.414-06:002014-11-08T14:25:55.414-06:00You have sold me, John. I will be ordering it soon...You have sold me, John. I will be ordering it soon. Great review.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-17245369490005526262014-11-07T19:59:46.386-06:002014-11-07T19:59:46.386-06:00You make this sound very tempting John. I am also ...You make this sound very tempting John. I am also keen to look at a catalogue of Melville House's publications.neerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986509319841061021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-79216744851470509362014-11-07T18:29:25.136-06:002014-11-07T18:29:25.136-06:00Levine says in her introduction that this is their...Levine says in her introduction that this is their only work of fiction written together. She met them and interviewed them a more than once when she was a graduate student. I trust her words and facts come straight from Casares and Ocampo.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-44017797424342965142014-11-07T18:27:03.392-06:002014-11-07T18:27:03.392-06:00This translation is one of the most literate I'...This translation is one of the most literate I've read in a long time. Not one shred of American idiom leaks into the writing. The flavor is very Argentine form start to finish. Levine knew both writers who she met on a couple of a occasions and her respect for their work shines in this translation. She discusses the work of the translator in a brief paragraph towards the end of her intro and it is clear her love for her subject matter. I was impressed by her concern for replicating the writers' original style. She and her partner spent many hours deciding on proper vocabulary while translating this brief work.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-85482355740024511422014-11-07T15:29:20.314-06:002014-11-07T15:29:20.314-06:00Sounds like fun, John. Needless to say, I've n...Sounds like fun, John. Needless to say, I've never heard of this author combo and admittedly, I'm leery of translations from Spanish, but if I saw this I'd read it. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-12085693806964715762014-11-07T12:31:26.917-06:002014-11-07T12:31:26.917-06:00Indeed, I should have caught up with this, as a fa...Indeed, I should have caught up with this, as a fan of both writers. Though there is an exception to the notion that this is their only collaboration, though the other that comes to mind is their work as editors, with Borges, <i>La antologia de fantasia</i>, offerered in the States in an terrible edition in the 1980s as <i>The Book of Fantasy</i>.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-88289201515742489032014-11-07T11:12:33.137-06:002014-11-07T11:12:33.137-06:00Sounds great John - really want to get this as a p...Sounds great John - really want to get this as a paid up, card-carrying Borgesian!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com