books about: translation     books:     Translation      The Odyssey: The Fitzgerald Translation Homer Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998 The Odyssey. Homer/ Robert Fitzgerald, translator. "Odysseus rolled his head to one side softly, ducking the blow, and smiled a crooked smile with teeth clenched." It's been a few years since I read Walden, but I recall Thoreau stating that Homer's epics should be read in no language but Greek. He may have been ...             Mythology Edith Hamilton Back Bay Books, 1998 the gold standard Hamilton is definitely the gold standard for retelling these glorious, ancient myths. Her style is engaging and the structure of the book makes it very easy to keep track of such ridiculously branched family trees. This is much more than just a reference book...it's ...             Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition) W. W. Norton & Company, 2001 "fate hovered near, unknowable but certain" (line 2421) Over the years I've read several English renderings of Beowulf. But I don't think I've ever really appreciated the haunting beauty of the thing until reading Seamus Heaney's translation. In his introductory essay, Heaney says that he's always loved the Beowulf poet's ...             Inspired By The Bible Experience: The Complete Bible Zondervan, 2007 Gift of Jesus best gift; The Bible Experience next best I thank my teacher friends, who gave me this phenomenal recording as a retirement gift. From the first sound of the music and sound effects, through the incredible narration, to the comprehensibility (thanks to the NIV version), I am mesmerized. I have read the Bible ...             Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes Edith Hamilton Grand Central Publishing, 1999 A classic introduction..... I remember being captivated by this book and its stories when I was in the 5th grade. I recently bought it for my 5th-grade daughter, when she started reading the "Pendragon" series, so she would have a better understanding of the mythological references in that ...             Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary Merriam-Webster, 2002 perfect This is the absolutely perfect spanish/english reference dictionary. It is compact, easy to use & access.             The Odyssey Homer Penguin Classics, 1999 Fagles finds the translator's "middle ground" amidst controversy About the Odyssey itself, I can add no greater praise than that which has already been deservedly heaped onto one of humankind's greatest literary creations. This particular version is graced with an excellent introduction and notes by Bernard Knox, and what I ...             Wandering Star (Lannan Translation Selection Series) J.M.G. Le Clezio Curbstone Press, 2004 Literature at its finest! Good to see it getting the attention it deserves! I read this book two years ago and was blown away, here was an author I had never heard of writing such a powerful, well written novel. He mixes the mythic with a stark realism that goes from disturbing and depressing to an uplifting narrative of the strength of the ...             War and Peace Leo Tolstoy Knopf, 2007 How to Read War and Peace, and Enjoy It Completely War and Peace is, without question, the greatest historical novel ever written. However, if you carry a copy of War and Peace with you anywhere, you will be subjected to ridicule of many varieties. This, of course, says more about the critics than the reader. It ...             The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel Haruki Murakami Vintage, 1998 Weird but engaging Toru Okada, the protagonist, loses his job, his cat, and his wife and goes looking for all three. His search introduces him to a bizarre collection of characters. Strange occurances abound. In the end, this book has too many loose ends (perhaps because the English ...             The Iliad of Homer Homer University Of Chicago Press, 1961 Western literature starts here Having been a very lazy student in high school, I'm sure I was assigned to read the Iliad or Odyssey, but never did. A recent trip to Crete, and to the ruins of the Bronze Age Minoan civilization inspired me to read Homer. Considering the comments of reviewers who ...             The Jewish Study Bible: featuring The Jewish Publication Society TANAKH Translation Oxford University Press, USA, 2004 Outstanding publication The book has excellent editorial information for anyone wanting a good study text for the Hebrew bible.             The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories Herodotus Pantheon, 2007 A fantastic work Wow! I can't believe I actually read this entire book...and thought doing so was really cool! To be sure, looking up each footnote slowed the reading down considerably, making reading more than 15 pages an effort, but on the other hand, knowing where all the ...             The Message: The Bible In Contemporary Language, Burgundy Bonded Leather Eugene H. Peterson NavPress Publishing Group, 2004 The Message This book is an excellent contemporary version of the Bible. The language helps to better understand the meaning of the text. The print is really small, I wish I had purchased a larger version.             The Three Theban Plays (Penguin Classics) Sophocles Penguin Classics, 2000 Translations Researching translations is never an easy task, and in this case, where you'll have to search on Amazon for the title and the translator to find what you want, it's particularly difficult. Here's what I've found by comparing several editions: 1. 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