I wonder if there are any good surveys of how many books the average French, Spanish, Italian and German reader will finish in the course of a year. I remember a poll like that for Americans so there might be something out there.
That or there are just simply different cultural values in regards to books in play here.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
WANT.
- 16/11/2010 10:52:33 PM
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How long does it take for his books to be translated into English?
- 16/11/2010 10:54:10 PM
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From what I can figure out by glancing at the Italian cover description, it sounds awesome.
- 16/11/2010 11:10:02 PM
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That is what drew me in as well, besides it being a novel by Eco
- 16/11/2010 11:18:38 PM
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Hence the "not Eco".
- 16/11/2010 11:33:56 PM
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Re: Hence the "not Eco".
- 17/11/2010 01:06:58 AM
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But that's not to say there won't be more difficult Italian words he doesn't know.
- 17/11/2010 02:43:06 AM
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That's odd
- 17/11/2010 03:34:20 AM
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Re: But that's not to say there won't be more difficult Italian words he doesn't know.
- 17/11/2010 10:41:57 AM
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Eco in Italian IS very difficult if you're not fluent.
- 17/11/2010 03:09:52 PM
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True, but I'm much more familiar with the language than I think most here realize
- 17/11/2010 04:29:45 PM
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There's an interesting article in English on the book...
- 16/11/2010 11:11:49 PM
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I'm equally surprised you won't be reading it in the original
- 16/11/2010 11:17:47 PM
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Let me rephrase: I'm going to wait for a hardcover version in Italian or English.
- 17/11/2010 01:34:51 AM
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I guess it'll be English then
- 17/11/2010 01:36:45 AM
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I don't understand it. Are they cheap, poor or do they just not love books?
- 17/11/2010 05:05:08 AM
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Likely the first two
- 17/11/2010 04:32:23 PM
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VAT is fairly modest on books, actually.
- 17/11/2010 05:50:51 PM
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Interesting
- 17/11/2010 09:43:36 PM
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It sounds like the French, Spanish and Italians don't read but the Germans do.
- 18/11/2010 01:44:21 AM
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Might be that
- 18/11/2010 01:54:14 AM
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What are the American percentages, then?
- 18/11/2010 02:48:08 PM
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Yes, I don't think percentages are relevant. Gross statistics would matter much more.
- 18/11/2010 10:52:24 PM
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Oh, and the Spanish translation is already availabe, I see
- 16/11/2010 11:49:54 PM
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I prefer the original. Like the stairs better than the dark doorway. *NM*
- 17/11/2010 12:16:11 AM
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I much prefer the original.
- 17/11/2010 02:52:30 AM
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I wonder if it might be published as Prague Cemetery
- 17/11/2010 03:36:32 AM
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Why do you think that, out of curiosity?
- 17/11/2010 04:27:55 AM
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Just seems more compact
- 17/11/2010 04:32:40 AM
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Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh
- 17/11/2010 01:04:32 AM
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That's the cover I was trying to recall!
- 17/11/2010 01:22:35 AM
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Re:
- 17/11/2010 02:43:12 AM
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Foucault's Pendulum
- 17/11/2010 03:33:09 AM
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