irish literature – Three Percent /College/translation/threepercent a resource for international literature at the University of Rochester Mon, 16 Apr 2018 14:57:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.6 Rambling Jack /College/translation/threepercent/2015/11/13/rambling-jack/ /College/translation/threepercent/2015/11/13/rambling-jack/#respond Fri, 13 Nov 2015 17:30:00 +0000 http://www.wdev.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent-dev/2015/11/13/rambling-jack/ 糖心传媒淩ambling Jack糖心传媒攚hat糖心传媒檚 that?糖心传媒
糖心传媒淎 novel. Novella, I guess.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淵eah, it looks short. What is it, a hundred pages?糖心传媒
糖心传媒淪orta. It糖心传媒檚 a duel language book, so really, only about… 50 pages total.糖心传媒
糖心传媒50 pages?糖心传媒
糖心传媒淚ncluding illustrations.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淎nd this糖心传媒攚hat is it糖心传媒 Dalkey Archive糖心传媒攖hey want 14 bucks for a 50 page book?糖心传媒
糖心传媒渊别补丑.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淭hat糖心传媒檚 pretty short.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淚t is, but the book is good. What does it matter how long it is if it糖心传媒檚 a good read?糖心传媒
糖心传媒淚 guess. So is it?糖心传媒
糖心传媒淲丑补迟?糖心传媒
糖心传媒淎 good read?糖心传媒
糖心传媒淚t is. Oh yeah.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淩ambling, eh? Sounds like fun.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淚t糖心传媒檚 not rambling like a romantic wayward hobo boxcar type of rambling, though.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淣o? Too bad.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淏ut it糖心传媒檚 good. Rambling, in this case, means rambling imagination.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淗耻丑?糖心传媒
糖心传媒淭he protagonist. He糖心传媒檚 an old guy and his mind rambles and we get to read about it.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淪ounds confusing.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淣o, no, the prose is really crisp and clear.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淲hat糖心传媒檚 this other language?糖心传媒
糖心传媒泪谤颈蝉丑.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淵ou mean Gaelic?糖心传媒
糖心传媒淣o, Irish. It糖心传媒檚 2015 for Christ糖心传媒檚 sake.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淎nd this Irish, that糖心传媒檚 what it糖心传媒檚 written in?糖心传媒
糖心传媒淵eah, but the translator, Katherine Duffy, she does a great job.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淎lright, so this is an old Irish guy, this Rambling Jack.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淵es. Jack. He糖心传媒檚 Irish. A gifted signer. Knows his old songs and all that.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淲ait糖心传媒攖here糖心传媒檚 songs?糖心传媒
糖心传媒淎 few, but it糖心传媒檚 mainly a story about an aisling.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淎 what?糖心传媒
糖心传媒淎isling. An Irish genre; a poetic technique from, like, the 17th century.糖心传媒
糖心传媒17th century糖心传媒 oh god.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淣o, it糖心传媒檚 pretty amazing stuff. An aisling is a like a dream, a vision, usually of a girl.糖心传媒
糖心传媒泪苍迟别谤别蝉迟颈苍驳.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淎nd, in many cases, a young, beautiful girl.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淕etting more interesting.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淭hat糖心传媒檚 what happens to Jack.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淗e meets a young girl?糖心传媒
糖心传媒淪ort of糖心传媒攈e has memories of a girl, but it might also be a woman he used to love.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淲ait糖心传媒攖his is a romance?糖心传媒
糖心传媒淲ell, it糖心传媒檚 pretty sappy at times. Jack loved a woman and it didn糖心传媒檛 end well.糖心传媒
糖心传媒凄谤补尘补?糖心传媒
糖心传媒淚糖心传媒檓 not sure. I don糖心传媒檛 think we糖心传媒檙e supposed to know the whole story.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淒amn writers with their games.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淲ell, isn糖心传媒檛 that better? I like not being spoon fed details. Makes me work a bit.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淚 guess.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淎nyway, the young aisling could be the granddaughter of Jack糖心传媒檚 old love.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淣颈肠别.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淥r maybe she糖心传媒檚 a dream of the woman he loved appearing as a young girl.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淪o it糖心传媒檚 all a dream, like in a soap opera?糖心传媒
糖心传媒淪orta. It糖心传媒檚 a dream and it糖心传媒檚 strange and nothing seems concrete, but it works.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淪o this Jack糖心传媒 does he糖心传媒 you know. With the young girl?糖心传媒
糖心传媒淟et糖心传媒檚 not get into that糖心传媒攖he book is really bigger than that.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淏igger? It糖心传媒檚 all of 50 pages.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淚ncluding illustrations.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淒oesn糖心传媒檛 sound big.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淣ot long, but big. And strange. And, well, kinda beautiful.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淚 dunno糖心传媒 There糖心传媒檚 a new Franzen book. That糖心传媒檚, like, 500 pages.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淪ure, but there糖心传媒檚 a lot to be said about a writer who can evoke something interesting in a small space as opposed to a large, bombastic novel with a lot of fat on it.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淚 guess. Still, sounds a little odd.糖心传媒
糖心传媒淵eah well糖心传媒攍ife糖心传媒檚 too short to not read odd books.糖心传媒

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