tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post8273888933969973360..comments2024-02-03T10:27:22.640+00:00Comments on Nordic Voices in Translation: Your Love Is Infinite - 2David McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-8197678666563183702009-04-26T10:50:00.000+01:002009-04-26T10:50:00.000+01:00Peura's technique involves phrasing the psychology...Peura's technique involves phrasing the psychology of a child in the language of the adults who surround her - she picks up words and expressions from her grandparents and others, and weaves them into her own child-language, which is a kind of dream-symbolist prose poetry. There is a great deal of violence in the book, though there's also a lot of lyrical tenderness. Not easy to translate, and David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-71763879984850816182009-04-26T10:28:00.000+01:002009-04-26T10:28:00.000+01:00Having now read two excerpts, I find the childlike...Having now read two excerpts, I find the childlike style oddly intriguing. I was wondering in the first excerpt whether the concept of "respect" would come to such a young child. And this sullying and wish for punishment is rather weird.Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.com