The Bowie Book Club discussion

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This time I'll be reading in Croatian, since the book is originally in a language I don't speak. I've got an edition made for students, as Madame Bovary has been part of high school reading syllabus since forever.

Since my french is a bit rusty, and I have a few too many books on my night stand waiting to be read, I don't want to take all that time reading it in french, which will be quiet a hassle for me, I will read the Brazilian Portuguese edition from the publisher martin claret: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

I'll be reading it in French obviously ;-) There are many annotated editions in French - I own myself three editions of Madame Bovary - but I'll be reading this one: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

I'll be reading the Kindle version... Very lame, I know, but it was for free :p

The cool paper versions that I liked were too expensive for my budget right now :(

Here's an interesting scientific article about the multiple retranslations in English of Madame Bovary: http://flaubert.revues.org/1538?lang=en

How is the book in your respective languages? Croatian, Brazilian Portuguese, English...? Any other languages?

Lidiana wrote: "I'll be reading the Kindle version... Very lame, I know, but it was for free :p

The cool paper versions that I liked were too expensive for my budget right now :("

Well that's not lame, I'm listening to the free audio book from librivox. Ugh. And in English of coarse, because I took up learning french last week. Also I'm new to fiction. This should be interesting.

Rithesh wrote: "Well that's not lame, I'm listening to the free audio book from librivox. Ugh. And in English of coarse, because I took up learning french last week. Also I'm new to fiction. This should be interesting."

That's what I did. How is it going for you? I found a couple of readers to be just awful! I actually had to stop listening for those chapters and read on my Kindle.

Adriana wrote: "Rithesh wrote: "Well that's not lame, I'm listening to the free audio book from librivox. Ugh. And in English of coarse, because I took up learning french last week. Also I'm new to fiction. This s..."

Just finished reading. It's the Lydia Davis (I think) translation and read by an, elderly gentleman who's name I do not remember. Yes I endured the librivox recording, I couldn't find a free e-book. It was quiet interesting overall. The only other novels I've read are Dan Brown so I really don't know how to quantify my experience with this book. I liked it. Perhaps I shouldn't have read any reviews before hand, the popular suggestion of giving her a "sassy" gay friend kept ringing in my head, but the idea made if funny at places. Sorry I'm responding so late, how did it go for you?

You could find it as e-book on Project Gutenberg. Some Librivox readers are great, others are just...hum.