xxp oh yeah, Guy Maddin's Tales from the Gimli Hospital is about that town. I saw him give a Q&A on it last year.
― jmm, Sunday, 28 April 2024 13:46 (one month ago) link
more adaptation than translation but re: paul auster, the city of glass comic is famously better than its source.
― Philip Nunez, Sunday, 28 April 2024 15:42 (one month ago) link
Oh weird, he just passed. You weren't kidding about being big in Europe!https://archive.is/05j3s
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 22:16 (one month ago) link
He must translate really well to French! Auster also lived in my neighborhood and I would often see him dining in local restaurants, sometimes with his good pal Salman Rushdie! I think I've told the story here of one occasion when I eavesdropped on their highly entertaining dinner conversation, which was filled with talk of literature, with some Hollywood anecdotes mixed in. Rushdie seemed like quite a funny guy.
What a life - RIP
― Josefa, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 23:26 (one month ago) link