The book dialog game - Page 25

pdurrant · 09-20-2011, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

While we're waiting for anjirlly, here's a fun one to ponder:

"Was this a customary incident in the life of a solicitor's clerk sent out to explain the purchase of a London estate to a foreigner?"

Surely that must be Dracula, by Bram Stoker.

poohbear_nc · 09-20-2011, 11:04 AM

[stop calling me Shirley!]

Surely you're right! The perils of becoming a lawyer!

Take it away (for now)!

pdurrant · 09-20-2011, 11:13 AM

Well, until anjirlly comes by, try this one:

"I am a young man," said I, "and I ask your advice. Advise me as you would your son. My friend fairly lost this money, after having fairly gained a far greater sum of yours; can I accept it back again? Would that be the right part for me to play? Whatever I do, you can see for yourself it must be hard upon a man of any pride."

Spoken by the hero in chapter 23 of 30 in this popular 1886 novel.

issybird · 09-20-2011, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Well, until anjirlly comes by, try this one:

"I am a young man," said I, "and I ask your advice. Advise me as you would your son. My friend fairly lost this money, after having fairly gained a far greater sum of yours; can I accept it back again? Would that be the right part for me to play? Whatever I do, you can see for yourself it must be hard upon a man of any pride."

Spoken by the hero in chapter 23 of 30 in this popular 1886 novel.

This would be Kidnapped by RLS.

anjirlly · 09-20-2011, 07:40 PM

Sorry - forgot to take a book to work so that I could enter a quote during a break.

English translation of a 1984 book by an East European emigre.

"Cemeteries in Bohemia are like gardens. The graves are covered with grass and colorful flowers. Modest tombstones are lost in the greenery. When the sun goes down, the cemetery sparkles with tiny candles. It looks as though the dead are dancing at a children's ball. Yes, a children's ball, because the dead are as innocent as children. No matter how brutal life becomes, peace always reigns in the cemetery. Even in wartime, in Hitler's time, in Stalin's time, through all occupations. When she felt low, she would get into the car, leave Prague far behind, and walk through one or another of the country cemeteries she loved so well. Against the backdrop of blue hills, they were as beautiful as a lullaby.
"For Franz a cemetery was an ugly dump of stones and bones."

poohbear_nc · 09-20-2011, 08:07 PM

Hmmm .... my initial impression was Elizabeth Ironside - until I saw the stipulation that is was a translation ....

issybird · 09-20-2011, 08:46 PM

I love this quote, so while I'm clueless thus far, I'm looking forward to learning the source.

poohbear_nc · 09-20-2011, 08:54 PM

A prose work by Czeslaw Milosz?

pdurrant · 09-21-2011, 03:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

This would be Kidnapped by RLS.

Indeed it is. Now to see if I can know anjirlly's quote.

Daithi · 09-21-2011, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

I love this quote, so while I'm clueless thus far, I'm looking forward to learning the source.

I agree. Great quote, but I have no idea.

pdurrant · 09-21-2011, 10:08 AM

No, I have no idea, either.

poohbear_nc · 09-21-2011, 10:35 AM

The only other East European author I know of is Milan Kundera, but I've not read any of his works.

djulian · 09-21-2011, 03:26 PM

I've been reading through this thread, and hoping I could guess one. I'm throwing out a wild guess here, but is the quote from The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera?

(I've never read it; it's just the only Eastern European title I know of.)

anjirlly · 09-21-2011, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djulian

I've been reading through this thread, and hoping I could guess one. I'm throwing out a wild guess here, but is the quote from The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera?

(I've never read it; it's just the only Eastern European title I know of.)

You've got it! The quote is from a section entitled "Dictionary of Misunderstood Words," and I love how concretely it shows the false equivalence of words that are "easy" to translate.

djulian · 09-21-2011, 06:23 PM

Nice! I'm pumped; I've been enjoying this thread--here's my first attempt (an enjoyable first line):

Quote:

Early in the morning, late in the century, Cricklewood Broadway. At 0627 hours on January I, 1975, Alfred Archibald Jones was dressed in corduroy and sat in a fume-filled Cavalier Musketeer Estate facedown on the steering wheel, hoping the judgment would not be too heavy upon him.

And as a "just-for-fun" quote:

Quote:

Tigers will do anything for a tuna fish sandwich!

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09-20-2011, 11:04 AM	#362
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,612 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	[stop calling me Shirley!] Surely you're right! The perils of becoming a lawyer! Take it away (for now)!

09-20-2011, 11:13 AM	#363
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,066 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Well, until anjirlly comes by, try this one: "I am a young man," said I, "and I ask your advice. Advise me as you would your son. My friend fairly lost this money, after having fairly gained a far greater sum of yours; can I accept it back again? Would that be the right part for me to play? Whatever I do, you can see for yourself it must be hard upon a man of any pride." Spoken by the hero in chapter 23 of 30 in this popular 1886 novel.

09-20-2011, 07:40 PM	#365
anjirlly Groupie Posts: 155 Karma: 58410 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: SE Michigan Device: Kindle on Android phone; PB360; Sony 950	Sorry - forgot to take a book to work so that I could enter a quote during a break. English translation of a 1984 book by an East European emigre. "Cemeteries in Bohemia are like gardens. The graves are covered with grass and colorful flowers. Modest tombstones are lost in the greenery. When the sun goes down, the cemetery sparkles with tiny candles. It looks as though the dead are dancing at a children's ball. Yes, a children's ball, because the dead are as innocent as children. No matter how brutal life becomes, peace always reigns in the cemetery. Even in wartime, in Hitler's time, in Stalin's time, through all occupations. When she felt low, she would get into the car, leave Prague far behind, and walk through one or another of the country cemeteries she loved so well. Against the backdrop of blue hills, they were as beautiful as a lullaby. "For Franz a cemetery was an ugly dump of stones and bones."

09-20-2011, 08:07 PM	#366
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,612 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Hmmm .... my initial impression was Elizabeth Ironside - until I saw the stipulation that is was a translation ....

09-20-2011, 08:46 PM	#367
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,335 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	I love this quote, so while I'm clueless thus far, I'm looking forward to learning the source.

09-20-2011, 08:54 PM	#368
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,612 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	A prose work by Czeslaw Milosz?

09-21-2011, 10:08 AM	#371
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,066 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	No, I have no idea, either.

09-21-2011, 10:35 AM	#372
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,612 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	The only other East European author I know of is Milan Kundera, but I've not read any of his works.

09-21-2011, 03:26 PM	#373
djulian Evangelist Posts: 408 Karma: 1786912 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle Voyage	I've been reading through this thread, and hoping I could guess one. I'm throwing out a wild guess here, but is the quote from The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera? (I've never read it; it's just the only Eastern European title I know of.)