tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post7725061990892246124..comments2024-02-15T05:39:52.275-05:00Comments on A Journey Round My Skull: Julien Gracq, Chateau d'ArgolWillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05799869059793681283noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-52227669606738853912010-05-24T20:58:12.449-04:002010-05-24T20:58:12.449-04:00Incredibly, this first novel by Julien Gracq has n...Incredibly, this first novel by Julien Gracq has not been translated into English after Varèse. All English editions have used her translation and it is a truly awful translation. It is an extremely elegant book, and she does not do it justice. It is significant, I think, that her translation is dated 1951, the year that Gracq refused the Prix Goncourt. In other words, I believe it was a rush job, as Gracq was in the limelight at the time.<br /><br />I have just completed a new translation of the novel into English and hope to publish in North America before too long. (I am Canadian.)<br /><br />I was in touch with Gracq at the end of 2007, just before his death, through a French writer friend we had in common. He wished me luck, although he said that translation of his work into English and German had always been difficult. <br /><br />L Saint-Pierre<br />artexte@gmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06303343163509936918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-9889974887152175452009-10-27T08:45:27.795-04:002009-10-27T08:45:27.795-04:00I found and enjoyed this very much trying to disco...I found and enjoyed this very much trying to discover who had translated Gracq after Louise Varese. <br />I had been given a copy of "Au chateau d'Argol", which I read as a teenager, thaat had made into a prisoner of war camp during WWII and bore a German rubber stamp and just gave it to a niece of Gracq's by way of her husband who is the soon of Michel Carouges and found me by way of a book I wrote on Duchamp. Old age has its surprises.<br />I still love Gracq.<br />mfw22@mindspring.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com