tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post3714447469563950141..comments2024-03-24T18:58:13.583-07:00Comments on Divers and Sundry: The Call of the ToadDivers and Sundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-82842599768979019192015-09-12T05:58:21.278-07:002015-09-12T05:58:21.278-07:00I'm glad it's not just me. I heard so much...I'm glad it's not just me. I heard so much about this book I felt almost guilty not liking it.<br /><br />I'm like you, always wondering what a book in translation _really_ says. There's no such thing as a strictly literal translation, and even if it could be managed it would be a chore to read.Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-87616322569370364182015-09-12T04:52:02.885-07:002015-09-12T04:52:02.885-07:00Read The Tin Drum back when it was all the thing -...Read The Tin Drum back when it was all the thing - maybe in the late 70's? Didn't much like it either. I wondered at the time if it had something to do with being translated. I have read other books that are translated that seemed fine but I always wonder what the difference might be if reading them in their original.<br /><br />DarlaDarlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02729017606957829830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-65281374292017944282015-09-11T07:23:31.192-07:002015-09-11T07:23:31.192-07:00Maybe that's it, and The Flounder was just the...Maybe that's it, and The Flounder was just the exception for me. I didn't see the movie because I didn't like The Tin Drum book at all. Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-16228751913662646432015-09-11T07:21:48.474-07:002015-09-11T07:21:48.474-07:00Sometimes you just don´t click with an author. I o...Sometimes you just don´t click with an author. I only remember reading "The Box" by Grass, and I think I liked it ok. "The Tin Drum" made a good film, actually. Viktoria Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00608160759512904861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-23216870743804410232015-09-10T20:44:03.817-07:002015-09-10T20:44:03.817-07:00I still don't know why I couldn't get into...I still don't know why I couldn't get into this. I did like The Flounder. Maybe his other books just pale next to that one.Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-43382063169378443822015-09-10T18:06:37.590-07:002015-09-10T18:06:37.590-07:00Maybe you never got past the casualness, so you di...Maybe you never got past the casualness, so you didn't realize it when it hit (grin). Thanks for telling me I should probably pass on this one and this author.Bleubeard and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149710375520733752noreply@blogger.com