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zana16I've been reading The Dante Club and now want to re-read the Divine Comedy. Problem being, my books are in my dad's attic, and not only is my dad not home, I'm also fighting with him.
Today I sent a very cute, cheerful card to him that opens up to say "Just wanted to let you know I'm still mad at you." Passive aggressive R Us! He's going to want to talk about it, but I don't want to talk about it; the only way to make it right is for him to quit being a jerk, and that's not going to happen. Em suggested the card, and if there was a slightly hysterical edge to my laughter, she was kind enough to ignore it.
So. No Dante, because I don't remember which translation we used when I read it at college, and I really liked the translation. I did email the Western Classics professor -- not that he'll remember me, it was nine years ago and I was an average student at best in his class -- but he was a technophobe then and I'll bet he still is.
Today I sent a very cute, cheerful card to him that opens up to say "Just wanted to let you know I'm still mad at you." Passive aggressive R Us! He's going to want to talk about it, but I don't want to talk about it; the only way to make it right is for him to quit being a jerk, and that's not going to happen. Em suggested the card, and if there was a slightly hysterical edge to my laughter, she was kind enough to ignore it.
So. No Dante, because I don't remember which translation we used when I read it at college, and I really liked the translation. I did email the Western Classics professor -- not that he'll remember me, it was nine years ago and I was an average student at best in his class -- but he was a technophobe then and I'll bet he still is.
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Date: 2009-09-22 04:03 am (UTC)Seconding the Mandelbaum version too, by the by. Though I might be biased, since that's the one I have back home. *g*
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Date: 2009-09-23 03:42 pm (UTC)I haven't read any of his others. I just picked this up at the library by accident, actually, because I have a copy of The Club Dumas and have been meaning to read it for ages. I saw this on tape at the library and for some reason didn't take in the different title, and figured I could listen to it on my ipod. Best library mistake I've made lately!
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Date: 2009-09-23 05:29 pm (UTC)I adore 'The Club Dumas' too. Start reading it, shoo! It's so much better than its film counterpart, 'The Ninth Gate'. Mind, I love the film too - it has Johnny Depp as Coros, and Roman Polanski as its director, so you should watch it for its own merits *g* - but the film's just different and so much less think-y.
(Now you know just how I ramble on and on when I get excited about books. *g*)