Monday, December 03, 2007
War and Peace; what is it good for?
Amy Preacher (I hope I can still call you that even though the Big Ride is over and there's no other Amy here), I've decided to dedicate a part of this winter to finally reading "War and Peace." I think I've started other winters with this grand intention, but the thing that decided me was all this hullaballo about the new translation (I'll read the long version) and the fact that you've read it (so I have someone to discuss it with) and the fact that I'm reading this riveting novel ("The Emperor's Children," a New York comedy of manners) that makes all sorts of fascinating and intriguing allusions to W&P, making much especially of this Pierre/Natasha dichotomy. I have to know what this is all about! Wish me luck.
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Good luck! Right now I can remember little about what happens in the book. Is that because it is mind numbingly long? Perhaps. Is it because it is an incredibly complicated plot? Perhaps. I do remember one section of dense philosophy toward the end that tempted me to skim pages (anathema to me normally).
I think I saw the new "shorter" translation in a bookstore last week. It was damn long. over 700 pages still.
Please call me Amy "preacher." I've grown rather fond of the nickname myself.
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