Why translation matters by Edith Grossman

You can read a review of the book Why Translation Matters by Edith Grossman in Duet for Two Pens by Richard Howard.


In The New York Times.

[...] Grossman, whose version of “Don Quixote” a few years back caused a sensation in the shadowy realm of newly translated classics, and whose ulterior dealings with Hispanic splendors, ancient and modern, have stirred even so mild-mannered an assessor of cultural accomplishments as Harold Bloom to proclaim her, ominously enough, the Glenn Gould of translators.

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