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Romantic sounding name. Yes. I couldn't agree more. :) It would be hard to find something as perfect. ;)

BTW, English-speaking translators (or whoever is responsible for that kind of things) may invent a suitable word for a female spirit who inhabits the water. In Polish literature, for example, we have a Polish word for a halfling, which I'm sure is quite a new word, which didn't naturally appear in the language. On the other hand, the effect of such translation could be a nightmare. I don't know which way is better.
 
Litany said:
What, like naiads? ;)
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Naiad is not the same as rusalka. It's similar, but not the same. For a one reason, it comes from a different mythology. And lives in a different climatic area. :)
 
Litany said:
What, like naiads? ;)
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Are they vengeful spirits??? :)


Idun said:
Romantic sounding name. Yes. I couldn't agree more. It would be hard to find something as perfect.

BTW, English-speaking translators (or whoever is responsible for that kind of things) may invent a suitable word for a female spirit who inhabits the water. In Polish literature, for example, we have a Polish word for a halfling, which I'm sure is quite a new word, which didn't naturally appear in the language. On the other hand, the effect of such translation could be a nightmare. I don't know which way is better.
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I think it's always better to keep the name from the original language. For one, it's almost always much better sounding :) And for two, in almost all cases, you would have to have a sentence to replace one word. Much less elegant solution :) Anyway, it is always interesting to get new words in other languages. Other words in other languages have a lot to teach us about other cultures and ways of expressing things.

Regards
SillyWabbit
 
Well... yeah, true. But I think in general they are not murdered spirits of girls that inhabit lakes and are full of lustful vengeance! :)

But, yes, if you pissed in their lake, they might be. They might come after you and beat you around the face with a trout or some similar fish :eek:

Regards
SillyWabbit
 
Well, I'm still reading Clive Barker's Imajica at the mo, but I realised my 'to read' pile had reduced itself to just 3 or 4 books :eek:. To avoid a potential crisis the bookstore in town just happened to be holding a 3 for 2 thingy (you know where all this is going ;) ).

Anyway...

Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden. I've already read it recently, but I thought I'd better grab a copy for 5/10 years down when line.

Rebecca- Daphne Du Maurier. See above (though not so recently).

The Handmaid's Tale- Margret Atwood. Pfft join a forum and the shopping list gets bigger.

Crime and Punishment- Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Thought I'd give it another try with a different translator.

Great Expectations- Dickens. It's been ages since I last read this, but why not?

Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austen. Last year's summer holidays interrupted me midway through this. I was enjoying it, but after exams I wanted to read some book on torture techniques. Will get back to this though.

Five Great Novels- HG Wells (The time machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The War of The Worlds, The First Men in the Moon, The Invisible Man)
 
Michael Connelly - Angels Flight - Good Book
Iris Johansen - Dead Aim - It was ok
Don't Know Much About History - Great brush up on American history
Yann Mantel - Life of Pi - Enjoyed it
jack kerouac - on the road - Pretty good
 
Well, I should have bought enough books for now:

Band of Brothers~ Stephen E Ambrose
An Instance of the fingerpost~ Iain Pears
The Separation~ Christopher Priest
Stalingrad~ Antony Beevor


From the library

A Suitable Boy~ Vikram Seth
 
fluffy bunny said:
Well, I should have bought enough books for now:


An Instance of the fingerpost~ Iain Pears
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I've heard some good things about that one. I'd be interested to hear what you thought of it once you're finished.


RaVeN
 
I got a novel by Ian Pears. The novel was called The Dream of Scipio and it is one of the WORST and I repeat WORST novels I have ever read in the whole entire 32 years of my life on this planet. I was so bored that I started to watch my finger nails growing in place of reading it. So... not sure I would recommend that author :D

Regards
SillyWabbit
 
SillyWabbit said:
I got a novel by Ian Pears. The novel was called The Dream of Scipio and it is one of the WORST and I repeat WORST novels I have ever read in the whole entire 32 years of my life on this planet. I was so bored that I started to watch my finger nails growing in place of reading it. So... not sure I would recommend that author :D

Regards
SillyWabbit
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Now you tell me :mad:
Ah well, fingerpost is rated higher than Scipio on Amazon, and by more reviewers. I've never heard of the author before- 'twas an impulse buy. When I flicked through the book in store, the random pages I selected seemed very readable. Now all I can hope for is that the plot's decent, and not like Wabbit's book. Will get back to you on that topic.

Anyways... back to Handmaid's tale
 
I guess we'll count that as a great big maybe from Wabbit. Anyone else care to chime in?


RaVeN
 
As a Teamster, I was telling him that someday he would be known as a cornerstone of all union bosses.


RaVeN
 
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