3andalib
3andalib t1_j6aioxf wrote
Reply to comment by atcam28 in Weekly Recommendation Thread: January 27, 2023 by AutoModerator
Maybe of interest to you then: I also enjoyed reading the letters exchanged between the writer Ingeborg Bachmann and her great love, the poet Celan.
3andalib t1_j65tqlu wrote
Reply to comment by atcam28 in Weekly Recommendation Thread: January 27, 2023 by AutoModerator
I’d love to read Kafka’s letters to Milena. The letter to his father is a tour de force, but I expect him to be different when writing to his Milena:).
3andalib t1_j646aa9 wrote
Reply to comment by metromesa in Weekly Recommendation Thread: January 27, 2023 by AutoModerator
Oryx as it was originally written in English. Atwood is also very relevant now.
3andalib t1_j63u6r7 wrote
yep, it’s a problem.
3andalib t1_j6dnf3c wrote
Reply to Reading In Another Language For Pleasure by 7mariam
i love this question!
as many have already stated, just plunge in and accept that you won’t understand every word and phrase. tolerate ambiguities and uncertainties. it will be such a rewarding and memorable experience, and it will get only better from there.
it takes courage and hard work, but it pays off.
i read A Heart So White by Javier Marias in english when i was in high school and Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami in french at university when i was not proficient in those two languages yet, and now i count them among my favorite novels:). never reread in my first languages (am bilingual), no need whatsoever:).