http://booklit.com/blog/2007/06/01/florian-zeller-the-fascination-of-evil/ a literary handout Thu, 17 May 2012 10:01:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://booklit.com/blog/2007/06/01/florian-zeller-the-fascination-of-evil/#comment-16638 booklit Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:13:23 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2007/06/01/florian-zeller-the-fascination-of-evil/#comment-16638 [...] has almost been an exercise in regression. Having started with the mature and satisfying, The Fascination Of Evil, we now find ourselves back when the author, in his early twenties, was learning his trade and was [...] […] has almost been an exercise in regression. Having started with the mature and satisfying, The Fascination Of Evil, we now find ourselves back when the author, in his early twenties, was learning his trade and was […]

]]> http://booklit.com/blog/2007/06/01/florian-zeller-the-fascination-of-evil/#comment-4635 Stewart Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:41:14 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2007/06/01/florian-zeller-the-fascination-of-evil/#comment-4635 Thanks, Catharine. Lucky you, being able to read French. I've read his other novel, <em>Lovers Or Something Like It</em>, too but it doesn't seem like his first one, <em>Neiges Artificielles</em>, as far as I can tell, will be released in English. Not any time soon, at least. Thanks, Catharine. Lucky you, being able to read French. I’ve read his other novel, Lovers Or Something Like It, too but it doesn’t seem like his first one, Neiges Artificielles, as far as I can tell, will be released in English. Not any time soon, at least.

]]> http://booklit.com/blog/2007/06/01/florian-zeller-the-fascination-of-evil/#comment-4554 Catharine Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:11:27 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2007/06/01/florian-zeller-the-fascination-of-evil/#comment-4554 The french language is more superlative than English - language is more extreme, but because it always is, it reads as as tempered as English does to the native English speaker. Zeller certainly does like his exclamation points, but having translated from French to English, including some Zeller (for academic purposes, not publication), I can say the translator should have reduced the number of exclamation points to preserve the tone, as it would read to a French reader. The french language is more superlative than English - language is more extreme, but because it always is, it reads as as tempered as English does to the native English speaker. Zeller certainly does like his exclamation points, but having translated from French to English, including some Zeller (for academic purposes, not publication), I can say the translator should have reduced the number of exclamation points to preserve the tone, as it would read to a French reader.

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