tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post8882963748902741945..comments2024-02-03T10:27:22.640+00:00Comments on Nordic Voices in Translation: Detective Story - 3David McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-18859532958066086652009-08-13T10:15:01.166+01:002009-08-13T10:15:01.166+01:00Thank you for this contribution to the discussion....Thank you for this contribution to the discussion. While I also don't think there should be a "polarization" of the kind you mention, I do believe that it's important to set some sort of markers as to what constitutes literary culture and what is basically just "reading entertainment". I'm certainly not against the latter, and have translated at least one David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-29230705244467295312009-08-12T20:57:19.712+01:002009-08-12T20:57:19.712+01:00I wrote the article responding to Nathaniel Rich’s...I wrote the article responding to Nathaniel Rich’s piece about Scandinavian crime fiction, and have followed the discussion here and in other blogs surrounding these pieces with interest. The debate over what country or region produces the ‘best’ of any type of literature is bound to be limited (I said as much in my article), but I find myself a bit at odds with the polarization here: those who Larissa Kyzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04752811476597483939noreply@blogger.com