Comments on: Wait, what book did you read? http://www.hbook.com/2012/08/blogs/read-roger/wait-what-book-did-you-read/ Publications about books for children and young adults Tue, 14 May 2013 13:27:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: shira http://www.hbook.com/2012/08/blogs/read-roger/wait-what-book-did-you-read/#comment-17465 shira Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:10:40 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=16512#comment-17465 I happen to be reading this too this summer! (And well into fall, probably.) It's pretty much implied Vronsky is the father. There is that scene where Anna is crying and repentant immediately after she and Vronsky begin their affair, remember? I happen to be reading this too this summer! (And well into fall, probably.) It’s pretty much implied Vronsky is the father. There is that scene where Anna is crying and repentant immediately after she and Vronsky begin their affair, remember?

]]> By: Julie http://www.hbook.com/2012/08/blogs/read-roger/wait-what-book-did-you-read/#comment-17155 Julie Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:35:17 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=16512#comment-17155 I tried to listen to the audiobook recently in preparation for the film, and six HOURS into it I was dying for *something* to happen. The attention to inconsequential details was maddening. I need to find an abridged version (gasp). The prospect of 24 more hours of tedium made me want to weep. I tried to listen to the audiobook recently in preparation for the film, and six HOURS into it I was dying for *something* to happen. The attention to inconsequential details was maddening. I need to find an abridged version (gasp). The prospect of 24 more hours of tedium made me want to weep.

]]> By: janeyolen http://www.hbook.com/2012/08/blogs/read-roger/wait-what-book-did-you-read/#comment-17136 janeyolen Fri, 17 Aug 2012 07:20:29 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=16512#comment-17136 My problem with Anna Karinina (and I took a LOT of Russian Lit in translation in college led by a Russian speaker who knew Pasternak, so she guided us to the best translations) is that long before I got to the end it was clear she was a trainwreck. Hah! Freudian spoiler there. =I had the same problem with Tess of the D'Urbervilles which I reread recently and Phedra which I saw recently with Helen Mirren as Phaedra.) I wanted to take a frying pan up the side of the head of every single character in the book. Jane My problem with Anna Karinina (and I took a LOT of Russian Lit in translation in college led by a Russian speaker who knew Pasternak, so she guided us to the best translations) is that long before I got to the end it was clear she was a trainwreck. Hah! Freudian spoiler there. =I had the same problem with Tess of the D’Urbervilles which I reread recently and Phedra which I saw recently with Helen Mirren as Phaedra.) I wanted to take a frying pan up the side of the head of every single character in the book.

Jane

]]> By: Jess http://www.hbook.com/2012/08/blogs/read-roger/wait-what-book-did-you-read/#comment-17060 Jess Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:40:29 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=16512#comment-17060 It's been a while since I read it (college, maybe?) but I never doubted that Vronsky is the father. Perhaps Tolstoy skims over things to avoid dealing with delicate (indelicate?) subject matter. It's been even longer since I read Tess of the D'Urbervilles, but the main thing I remember about it is that you only knew about Tess's downfall by the sections titled "Maiden" and "Maiden No More" (or something like that). Similar sensibilities at work? It’s been a while since I read it (college, maybe?) but I never doubted that Vronsky is the father. Perhaps Tolstoy skims over things to avoid dealing with delicate (indelicate?) subject matter. It’s been even longer since I read Tess of the D’Urbervilles, but the main thing I remember about it is that you only knew about Tess’s downfall by the sections titled “Maiden” and “Maiden No More” (or something like that). Similar sensibilities at work?

]]> By: Elizabeth Law http://www.hbook.com/2012/08/blogs/read-roger/wait-what-book-did-you-read/#comment-17027 Elizabeth Law Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:00:23 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=16512#comment-17027 Vronsky is the father, and to tell you the truth, my issue with your free kindle e-book is not that they've left something out but that translation makes a hell of a lot of difference with Tolstoy! I personally think you should read the recent Penguin edition--the one translated by Pevear and Volokhonsky. However I can't answer your most critical question exactly since I haven't read Anna either, only War and Peace. (why do I know Vronksy is the father? Because I've seen two multi-episode adaptations and the paternity was never questioned in either of those.) Tolstoy skipped ahead in the plot in War and Peace many times, so my *guess* is that you are supposed to understand what happened between the two of them and that perhaps you are reading too quickly, Vronsky is the father, and to tell you the truth, my issue with your free kindle e-book is not that they’ve left something out but that translation makes a hell of a lot of difference with Tolstoy! I personally think you should read the recent Penguin edition–the one translated by Pevear and Volokhonsky. However I can’t answer your most critical question exactly since I haven’t read Anna either, only War and Peace. (why do I know Vronksy is the father? Because I’ve seen two multi-episode adaptations and the paternity was never questioned in either of those.) Tolstoy skipped ahead in the plot in War and Peace many times, so my *guess* is that you are supposed to understand what happened between the two of them and that perhaps you are reading too quickly,

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