tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post6859190171710083611..comments2024-02-03T10:27:22.640+00:00Comments on Nordic Voices in Translation: Crimes of FictionDavid McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-57259840462354573242009-05-24T14:37:26.864+01:002009-05-24T14:37:26.864+01:00The Minnesota blog is quite an impressive venture ...The Minnesota blog is quite an impressive venture - it's a team effort based at Gustavus Adolphus College, and it's only part of a project - there's also a <A HREF="http://homepages.gac.edu/~fister/scandcrime/" REL="nofollow">website</A>, covering the five main Nordic countries, and listing huge amounts of translated Nordic crime fiction, with reviews and commentary. <br /><br />Re a definition David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-3876997187996426002009-05-24T12:31:47.465+01:002009-05-24T12:31:47.465+01:00Personally, I will read a crime novel to relax, th...Personally, I will read a crime novel to relax, though TV often does it better, in the same way that a quick-moving sitcom seems more suited to TV than reading a comic book in that genre.<br /><br />I would have no objection to translating crime fiction if I needed the money. But that is the commercial, not cultural, side of me.<br /><br />My objection to Scandinavian Crime Fiction is that it hasEric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.com