Which Translation?

I don't know if anyone has considered this, but with this novel, I think the translation could be important. The version I have is the one Oprah selected for her book club a couple years ago -- also the one pictured on our "home page." Translators are Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. If we all have the same translations, then our page numbers will be the same and the wordies will as well.

What do we think? Is there another translation which may be better?

Mad Libers – Loosely Defined

Okay Mad Libers, here's how this will work.

As you read you might have questions, observations, exclamations, disturbances or various other thoughts and feelings about our books. This is simply a venue for expression and impression. Write what you'd like but be prepared as people may challenge your comments – just like any book club.

We will give a general schedule with each book, you may choose to follow it or you may not. Comments and conversations for most of us will follow the schedule. (Please be considerate of fellow Libers. If you notice you're way ahead of the posted schedule and would be giving away a major part of the book if you posted, please don't publish your post until the schedule catches up with you.)

If this sounds like something you might enjoy, by all means you're welcome to join us. You can come and go as you please. If you would like to read one book but the next one doesn't appeal to you, no problem, join us as you see fit.

Please invite anyone you think will be interested. If they'd like to participate by actually blogging, please send me their email addresses and I will set up permissions. If they'd simply like to leave comments, they can do that without any assistance.

Onward!

"Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy

Our first book is the classic Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. While we love our classics, we also understand they might take a little longer to read. We'd like to begin our next book (title and author TBD) around August 15th.

Here's a rough outline with dates for those of you who might need a little guidance.*

Date: June 30th – Sections I-III
I pps. 1-115 31 chapters
II pps. 117-236 35 chapters
III pps. 237-352 32 chapters

Date: July 7th – Section IV
IV pps. 353-435 23 chapters

Date: July 14th – Section V
V pps. 437-549 33 chapters

Date: July 21th – Section VI
VI pps. 551-669 32 chapters

Date: July 28th – Section VII
VII pps. 671-768 31 chapters

Date: August 4th – Section VIII
VIII pps. 769-817 19 chapters

*In NO WAY is this set in stone. We encourage you to read at your own leisure. We hope you are taking part because you want to, not because you have to.

Comments and conversations for most of us will follow the above mentioned schedule.

Thank you for joining us!