Découvertes, émotions et voyages littéraires. Traducteur depuis 32 ans, lecteur vorace depuis toujours
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Selon vous, quel est le rythme idéal pour lire Proust : 1 page par jour, 5, 10, 50 ? Étant adepte du "deep reading", je me limite à environ 10 pages par jour pour apprécier vraiment la richesse du texte, et ça me semble déjà beaucoup. Et vous ?
Pour aller plus loin : lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/p…
Ever since I've started to read fiction again, I feel different, I feel fuller, nourished. That's what literature does for you, it feeds your soul. Being able to read in three different languages makes the experience even more special for me...
If you're thinking of learning a language, whatever it is, do it, if only to be able to read great literature in the original language. You'll be forever grateful to yourself.
Lectures en cours...
Pour info, "Arrowsmith" (en vo ici) vient de sortir en poche dans une nouvelle traduction, l'occasion ou jamais de découvrir ce génie de la littérature américaine qu'était Sinclair Lewis, prix Nobel de littérature 1930 et premier écrivain américain...
Bildungsroman situé dans l'Allemagne de la fin du 18e siècle, "La Furia del mondo" de Cesare de Marchi (2007) raconte l'histoire d'Abel, jeune paysan dont le pasteur luthérien Radebach entreprend de faire l'éducation. A travers les leçons de son maître, Abel va progressivement...
"Professor Max Gottlieb was about to assassinate a guinea pig with anthrax germs, and the bacteriology class were nervous." (Sinclair Lewis, "Arrowsmith", 1925) (Pocket Book edition, 1949).
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter - tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms further... And one fine morning..." (F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Great Gatsby", 1926).
"Nel corso degli anni Trenta furono numerosi gli stranieri illustri di paesi democratici che considerarono Mussolini con grande rispetto, perché pensavano che il suo regime avesse risolto molti problemi, sia pure sacrificando la libertà."
(Emilio Gentile, In Italia ai tempi...
"Who were these people with money, and what had they done that they should enjoy so much luxury, where others as good seemingly as themselves had nothing?" (Theodore Dreiser, An American Tragedy, 1925)
(Memorial Edition, The World Publishing Company, 1946)
Vintage editions of Everyman's Library. A wide range of titles, insightful introductions, beautiful design, what's not to like? 😊
"The poor cannot always reach those whom they want to love, and they can hardly ever escape from those whom they love no longer. We rich can." (E.M. Forster, Howards End, 1910)
(Penguin Classics, 2000)
