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Old August 20, 2016, 01:05 PM
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Haven't read it either, nor do I intend to.
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Old August 20, 2016, 03:13 PM
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Bueno, como existe la libertad de expresión, yo diré que he disfrutado leyendo los libros de Dan Brown.

Como dicen que decía Voltaire:

No comparto lo que dices, pero defenderé hasta la muerte tu derecho a decirlo.
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Lo bueno, desde mi punto de vista, es que la traducción del "dichoso" Código me pareció bastante decente...

Pero como dicen los italianos: "para gustos, los colores".

Aunque si queremos un buen libro de ficción, traducido de muy diversas formas, sugiero "La Biblia"...

En especial el Evangelio según San Juan... "La Verdad os hará libres".

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Nota Bene: Desde mi punto de vista lo mejor del Código de Da Vinci, es el "suspense" que crea. Se puede excomulgar a quien lo lea, o se pueden criticar aspectos gramaticales, sintácticos y semánticos, pero a buen entendedor, con pocas (o con muchas) palabras basta (o sobra).

Si a alguien le gusta el "suspense", cualquiera de las novelas de Brown lo tiene. Fortaleza Digital, Angels and Demons, Deception Point... The Lost Symbol..., etc.

Al que no le guste, que no lo lea y que lo critique tanto como quiera.

Pero sin duda, no se puede ser un animal cruel para valorar la riqueza que uno quiera valorar. Es mi opinión y me considero bastante humano, y poco cruel.

Allá quienes se consideren jueces supremos de lo que es bueno y lo que es malo. Yo respeto a todas las religiones y respeto a quienes las practican. Respeto a los agnósticos y a los ateos también. Procuro no evaluar ni usar epítetos con nadie, a no ser que tales adjetivos sean merecidos con conocimiento de causa.

Uno siempre puede "liarla" y causar polémica. Bien, si eso ayuda y enriquece el diálogo ¡bienvenido sea!

Lo que no se puede hacer es condenar algo sin haberlo leído o estudiado, personalmente. Y mucho menos condenar a nadie por sus gustos... o disgustos.

Escrito lo escrito, como decía mi madre, "cada cual en su casa y Dios en la de todos"... A lo que concluyo con un "Amén" de rigor.

Saludos cordiales... (es decir, del corazón) y Sursum Corda! (¡Arriba los corazones!)

Curiosamente, hoy, recordando una expresión, me acordé del inefable Quevedo:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Quevedo

This quotation seems very apropos:

"From ten to eleven, I spend my time in prayer and devotions, and from eleven to noon I read good and bad authors; because there is no book, despicable as it can be, that does not contain something good...".
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Ok I ended up downloading El ladron del rayo: Percy Jackson, and El Principito. Translated by who, I don't know because it doesn't say. But anyway both on my Kindle. And I'll start El Ladron on my flight to Shanghai China later today.
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Happy reading and safe trip!
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Ah, "El Principito" I read "Le Petit Prince" in French, many years ago, (decades), I read it in Spanish, in Catalonian and I believe I read it in English at one point...

It is a great book..., you can read the English version and read the Spanish, or viceversa, and since the story is a memorable one, you will probably remember many things...

Enjoy!!!
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Not knowing what your particular interests are, let me just say I benefited greatly from making my way - slowly - through the classic Doña Bárbara by Rómulo Gallegos. But then I was looking for examples of Venezuelan slang, & got more than I bargained for in it!

As a general rule I tend to have more confidence in original works than I do in translations, which I liken to kissing a girl through a screen door.
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My wife had a copy lying around of book called Delirio by Laura Estrepo which is not a translation, it's in the original Spanish. Reading the first few pages it looks like it's written in straightforward and uncomplicated manner, so I feel it's a good choice.
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Cool. Let us know how you like it.
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Como Agua para Chocolate por Laura Esquivel (autora Mexicana)
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Have you read "All For The Game" cycle by Nora Sakavic? There are 3 books, the first one called La madriguera del zorro
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