Stephen King Digs JAL

a_contemplative_life · Post by **a_contemplative_life** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 2:05 am

Do you enjoy fiction in translation? Stories from particular corners of the world?

I actually avoid novels in translation when I can, because I always have the feeling that the author is being filtered through another mind. I read “Nana” last year, and swapped back and forth between two translations. They were quite different — not in the plot, which is simple, but in the mode of expression. That said, I read Pierre Lemaitre, a really excellent suspense novelist, and the aforementioned Karin Fossum. And of course the wonderful John Ajvide Lindqvist. I also enjoyed Stieg Larsson, wooden prose and all.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/books ... .html?_r=0

dongregg · Post by **dongregg** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 2:37 am

Thanks. Good interview. Sounds like he has his head screwed on right.

intrige · Post by **intrige** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 12:39 pm

This doesn't surprise me at all

CyberGhostface · Post by **CyberGhostface** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 5:49 pm

Good to know, I still wonder if he's ever seen the original Swedish film though.

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