tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post6306521973861062918..comments2024-03-12T13:29:39.843-04:00Comments on Lizok's Bookshelf: Notable New Translations for 2012 (plus a few from 2011 and for 2013…)Lisa C. Haydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-24120772542130152442012-04-13T20:29:24.317-04:002012-04-13T20:29:24.317-04:00A belated thank you for this comment, Catherine! T...A belated thank you for this comment, Catherine! There are so many of these cross-cultural mysteries...Lisa C. Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-72375398754050386282012-04-11T11:30:26.266-04:002012-04-11T11:30:26.266-04:00Just to add to Alex's comment: I am always puz...Just to add to Alex's comment: I am always puzzled by the fact that, to this day, Russian bookstores pride themselves for having "all" of Joe Dassin, Mireille Mathieu--French singers that never were that popular in France in the seventies, and the movies Alex mentioned. Radio Kultura on weekends broadcasts a French songs program and the gingle is Joe Dassin's "Sur les Champs Elysees." Some things endure beyond belief... To illustrate this French mania, I am sharing here a link to Inye Berega with a cute piece by French author Michel Louyot about Lino Ventura in Moscow (Lino's Passport) that is a fine evocation of those times. Michel Louyot is a two-time nominee to the Prix Goncourt and had a long career in Eastern Europe and Soviet Russia (lecturer and cultural attaché/counselor). He made me read this little story as we were working together on the translation of one of his novellas, Le Violon de neige. <br />http://www.inieberega.ru/node/315<br /><br />Thanks Lisa for this interesting list. :)Catherinehttp://www.amazon.com/Catherine-Cauvin-Higgins/e/B004IW6QU4/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-41757247416624599882012-04-09T17:31:56.121-04:002012-04-09T17:31:56.121-04:00Amy, you are (as always!) very kind... I wish I we...Amy, you are (as always!) very kind... I wish I were half as organized as people seem to think I am!Lisa C. Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-16889388224293740382012-04-09T17:15:19.879-04:002012-04-09T17:15:19.879-04:00Wow, you must keep immaculate records to have put ...Wow, you must keep immaculate records to have put this list together! Nice!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06982753200241942817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-62511626384262647212012-04-09T13:09:25.206-04:002012-04-09T13:09:25.206-04:00Thank you for this comment, Alex... your mention o...Thank you for this comment, Alex... your mention of Alain Delon reminds me that I had never heard of him until the Наутилус помпилиус song about how Alain Delon drinks bourbon and speaks French... <br /><br />I read <i>Год обмана</i> six or seven years ago and don't remember plot details very well (I wasn't blogging or taking many notes then) but the book left a (positive!) impression of very decent, enjoyable mainstream fiction with a mixture of criminal and coming-of-age themes plus a lot of humor. I found it very readable back then, when I was just returning to reading in Russian, and would particularly recommend it to readers looking for a not-too-long novel that combines light and heavy.Lisa C. Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-31692029843141692982012-04-09T12:49:20.409-04:002012-04-09T12:49:20.409-04:00I hope so, too!I hope so, too!Lisa C. Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-19205179830651416562012-04-09T06:25:39.468-04:002012-04-09T06:25:39.468-04:00I hope there will be some Polish translations on t...I hope there will be some Polish translations on the market as well!!!Polish translatorhttp://www.fisz.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-4012485596872468232012-04-09T00:18:19.676-04:002012-04-09T00:18:19.676-04:00What did you like about Год обмана? In a review, B...What did you like about Год обмана? In a review, Bykov namedrops <i>Le Jouet</i>, a 1976 movie with Pierre Richard that is built on seemingly the same premise.<br /><br />Bizarrely, Russians have an enduring love for the films of Pierre Richard, Alain Delon, and Louis de Funès, but not, say, Claude Lelouch. The entirety of <i>Le Jouet</i> is on YouTube <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXJPRTNnSZw" rel="nofollow">here</a>, although without subtitles.Alexnoreply@blogger.com