Dostoyevski & football


Subject: Dostoyevski & football
From: JJ Flikweert (jjf@HASKONING.nl)
Date: Tue Jun 20 2000 - 12:26:03 GMT


Thank you Cecilia, for your Hemingway reference. With me,
Hemingway references are always welcome.

You encourage me to read Dostoyevski. My snobbish problem is
that I usually try not to read translated literature (and no, I don't
speak Russian). I'm pretty sure that I have some Dostoyevski-in-
Dutch on my shelves, but translations always irritate me. Maybe if I
read a translation in English, the inaccuracies will be compensated
by the re-translation in my head. Any suggestions (both titles and
translations)?

Sofia and Abra congratulated me on *our* football team (or soccer
as some would say). I'm afraid though that I have a strong tendency
to support the underdog (the Red Sox are my favourite baseball
team! There's your Salinger reference!). According to the press
over here, the Dutch team certainly aren't the underdog.

Bye,

JJF

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