tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post253889364026516842..comments2024-02-27T13:06:28.163+01:00Comments on love german books: Zettel's Traum/Bottom's Dreamkjdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16236984779717127341noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-63627955548276161752014-08-23T12:51:12.039+02:002014-08-23T12:51:12.039+02:00Hannes. I found an old edition of this book in our...Hannes. I found an old edition of this book in our attick. It weighs 17 pounds and looks old. A3 format, no autograph. <br /><br />Do you know someone that would appreciate the book?<br /><br />You can reach me: Arjan (At) Schipperus.comArjan Schipperusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-66989835228621482562010-11-12T18:33:41.312+01:002010-11-12T18:33:41.312+01:00Also, by the way, it's Edgar Allan (not Allen)...Also, by the way, it's Edgar Allan (not Allen) Poe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-80524376851678688062010-07-29T05:20:34.570+02:002010-07-29T05:20:34.570+02:00The covers of the American editions are regrettabl...The covers of the American editions are regrettable. However, in just a few minutes one can fashion a cover that by gluing a sheet of paper over the hideousness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-10149977098431823382010-07-16T15:16:04.233+02:002010-07-16T15:16:04.233+02:00thanks a lot for that update on Schmidt! It's ...thanks a lot for that update on Schmidt! It's not a coincidence that a new edition (a 'corrected' one that is) of Finnegans Wake is also scheduled to be published this year from Houyhnhnm and Penguin. And, by the way, it's Finnegans Wake, without the apostrophe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-55189020006126907912010-04-21T23:29:50.014+02:002010-04-21T23:29:50.014+02:00Oh God, I'm so sorry. I'm a terrible one f...Oh God, I'm so sorry. I'm a terrible one for spelling names wrong.kjdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16236984779717127341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-18352968364147190742010-04-21T22:52:06.483+02:002010-04-21T22:52:06.483+02:00The Schmidt experts name is Fränzel (or Fraenzel i...The Schmidt experts name is Fränzel (or Fraenzel if you like). :-)bonaventurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00984404849170515305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-21684209779100289112010-04-21T20:18:51.130+02:002010-04-21T20:18:51.130+02:00At least a knighthood, if not a cottage in Lower S...At least a knighthood, if not a cottage in Lower Saxony and some decorative Heidschnucken. <br />(and @Shelley: Sorry, wrong Hannes.)Hannesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-21730765484415843742010-04-21T19:54:17.540+02:002010-04-21T19:54:17.540+02:00Hannes-- are you Hannes Riffel? If so, how're...Hannes-- are you Hannes Riffel? If so, how're you doing? How's life with the baby?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05787286675535585148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-87294451037077657152010-04-21T19:31:10.495+02:002010-04-21T19:31:10.495+02:00Thanks, Hannes! Yet again, proof that John Woods d...Thanks, Hannes! Yet again, proof that John Woods deserves a knighthood.kjdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16236984779717127341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-71417022558301475992010-04-21T19:21:47.908+02:002010-04-21T19:21:47.908+02:00Arno Schmidt enthusiast reporting in! I remember s...Arno Schmidt enthusiast reporting in! I remember spending one not at all wasted evening comparing the first ten pages of Schmidt's "Brand's Haide" with Woods's marvelous translation entitled, of course, "Brand's Heath." I was baffled by every single one of his inventive and well chosen phrases to match the Schmidtean firework of punctuation marks, lower German Hannesnoreply@blogger.com