A new translation was just released this week by Kurt Beals, published by Norton. Would be interesting to hear anyone's opinion on that. Interestingly, he translates the title as The Steppenwolf,...
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A new translation was just released this week by Kurt Beals, published by Norton. Would be interesting to hear anyone's opinion on that. Interestingly, he translates the title as The Steppenwolf,...
Any of Elmore Leonard's westerns are worth a read, especially Hombre and Valdez is Coming. Can also recommend Mary Doria Russell's novels Doc and Epitath, which deal with Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp....
I have the Hollander translation. It's quite excellent and Robert Hollander's commentary alone makes it more than worth buying.
At the Existentialist Cafe by Sarah Bakewell
Part history. Part biography. Part philosophy.
Covers the history and development of 20th Century European existentialism from Sartre, De Beauvoir,...
I'm glad you picked the Penguin. While it is a very modern translation, Donougher avoids all of the modern terms and slang that plagued Julie Rose's translation. Thinking back on it now, I believe I...
My comments from Goodreads on the Donougher and Rose translations. Posting them here in case it may help someone decide which to read.
Donougher translation:
I love the Christine Donougher...
P&V have just translated Dead House, and it will be published this year. The Insulted and the Injured and The Village of Stepanchikovo have both been translated by Ignat Avsey, and those are the ones...
Harold John Blackham
William Barrett's Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy for a start.
Basic Writings of Existentialism, edited by Gordon Marino from Modern Library. This may not be exactly what you're...