tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604628.post6621231240554880995..comments2023-09-28T23:45:22.980-12:00Comments on The Police Diver's Notebook: RIP Gordon Burn January 16, 1948 - July 17, 2009Nick Talbothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10122332897189553465noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604628.post-65224929783482758262009-09-09T00:30:46.773-12:002009-09-09T00:30:46.773-12:00No, I haven't yet. I have to check if more of ...No, I haven't yet. I have to check if more of his work is translated. <br /><br />"Happy as murderers" seems very difficult to translate also. You know, when you read a book in other language than the original, for sure you always loose something, but I feel that, in this case, the difficult work was very well done.<br /><br />And, as you say, it is a pity when someone dies when he is yet capable of developing his possibilities. It is like he has gone too soon.Óscar Garcíahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10831530212314772836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604628.post-33027662393514750262009-09-07T22:25:59.590-12:002009-09-07T22:25:59.590-12:00That's interesting. Have you read any of his f...That's interesting. Have you read any of his fiction? If so, would you agree that it is largely un-translatable? His fiction contains much denser prose, neologisms and obscure English cultural references than his non-fiction. Amazing stuff, just on the right side of exhausting-to-read, a place where Iain Sinclair sometimes falls over.<br /><br />I'm really sad about Gordon Burn; he definitely had more brilliant books in him. He only wrote brilliant books and he was only 61 years old.Nick Talbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122332897189553465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604628.post-77020559919308632622009-09-02T22:21:42.149-12:002009-09-02T22:21:42.149-12:00Sorry to read that.
I have read "Happy as m...Sorry to read that. <br /><br />I have read "Happy as murderers" and it is one of the best books in my whole life. It is mesmerizing how good Burn uses language to show the ill mind of the couple. Unfortunately, I think that in Spain is more difficult to find his work.Óscar Garcíahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10831530212314772836noreply@blogger.com