This is a Roman novel, which is a first for me: I’ve read Roman poetry, and Roman speeches, but never a Roman novel until now. Well, strictly speaking it’s actually not a Roman novel, but a Carthaginean novel, though it was written in Latin. The translation is a very old one, by William Adlington, which is normal in the Wordsworth Classics series: the texts are very inexpensive, but one must read very old and somewhat difficult translations. The difficulty, though, is apparently reflective in Apuleius’ own handling of the Latin language, one he may have learned as his natuve tongue …
Month: January 2006
Lunar New Year Reads, #47 (sort of): 소리와 고요사
This book is, technically speaking, not the #47 book of the year. It’s just that, as I looked through my shelves for something to read, it occurred to me that I’d brought a spare copy to have passed on to a poet-friend (my old teacher, Tim Lilburn) — and read it on the plane ride over to Canada — last summer. It’s probably more like book #22 of my Lunar New Year list, but I’m not going to go back and adjust all the numbers. They can be left to signify my reviews, rather than my readings. Between Sound and …
Marmot is no more…
… but luckily it’s just a name/site change. I’m looking forward to seeing it in its final, full glory. Currently Korea’s biggest blogger’s site is being called From the Nakdong to the Yalu.
Is it normal?
I did my friend a favour while she was housesitting a mutual friends’ dogs in Seoul, and stopped in a few times a day yesterday and today to feed her cat. Well, last night, the cat vomited I don’t know how many times. (The floor-heating system was on, too, and it was all dry and crusty and hard to scrub off. Yuck!) I called just to check that this isn’t some kind of deadly cat’s-about-to-die symptom, and to let her know about it generally, and she said it wasn’t unusual for this cat, especially when he’s annoyed at her traveling …
세해
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