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I'm reminded of anecdotes from Murakami, who tactically wrote pieces of his work in English, and then translated back to Japanese, and preferred the style of th
by abeppu 3y ago
I'm reminded of anecdotes from Murakami, who tactically wrote pieces of his work in English, and then translated back to Japanese, and preferred the style of the result. He also mentioned later learning of Hungarian writer Agota Kristof, who learned and wrote in French, and had a direct style with short sentences. This is only to point out that in addition to the objective, empirical conclusions described in this guardian article, there are also sometimes aesthetic and subjective benefits.
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- valyagolev 3y agoAgota Kristof wrote one of the most intense, alienating, haunting works I've ever read (the notebook trilogy). but all the time i was reading a thought was nagging that her name is a play around agatha kristie