Maurice learns that Louise, the object of his romantic fancy, may be leaving Leipzig. Dejected, the words of #Nietzsche's "Zarathustra's Rundgesang" run, like a thread, through his feverish sleep. Only, in my edition, they're in #untranslated German:

O Mensch! Gib Acht!
Was spricht die tiefe Mitternacht (etc.)

Common of novels at the time (1908), but unlikely today without a footnoted or parenthetical #translation.

Original with #Translations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarathustra%27s_roundelay

#AmReading MAURICE GUEST

It's #followfriday - Let's start over here with an #introduction. I'm a #academic #librarian who is a #medialibrarian. I'm a member of #ala #fmrt and #videotrust.

I like to follow #indiefilm, #filmfestival Twitter, and film distributors, to find out about new #documentaryfilm.

In my work, I also keep up with Germanic literatures and languages, especially #German, #Swedish, and #Dutch + other langs like #Danish #Norwegian #Icelandic #Afrikaans, incl. lit in translation and the #untranslated!

It's always intriguing to see who gets translated & who gets left out. How is it that none of #Peruvian writer #JaimeBayly's work has been translated into English? (Or am I wrong?)

His debut novel NO SE LO DIGAS A NADIE (1994) is a knockout. Oh, his #JacketFlapPhoto is pretty hot too.

Has anyone else here read his work?

The book was subsequently made into an equally good movie dir. by Francisco Lombardi, with the same title & a killer soundtrack. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166287/

#untranslated #books

I was learning #Japanese so that I could read #untranslated #literature, but I seem to be using it to decipher the subtitles of a cartoon about a heavily-muscled old man who wants to punch his grandson in the face during a fighting tournament.