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Desert Island Discs: Book edition. (kbin.social)

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Stranded on an Island. By random chance you've got your three favourite books with you.

What are you reading?

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[–] Balssh@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Crime and Punishment by Dostoieski

Man I feel like I’ve betrayed many other genial books I’ve read by choosing only 3.

[–] tojikomori@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is there an English translation/edition of The Magic Mountain that you feel stands out above the rest?

[–] Balssh@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I usually read in Romanian (native language) for 2 reasons: somehow books in English are more expensive here and although I think my English is good, I feel slow/not understanding the whole picture when reading in it.

These being said, I think most of the translations should do the trick, as German is more close to English than to Romanian (and the translation I read was just beautiful).