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silky_3105 's review for:
The Forty Rules of Love
by Elif Shafak
Ok so good book, let’s say i was at a 3/5 by the end. It was a beautiful exploration of surrendering to love, combined with scriptural elements that were so fluidly incorporated (?) but i felt some things, i guess maybe a little both in relation to plot and characters, felt less smooth and a little clunky. I think sometimes when its from the perspectives of loads of characters this can happen.
But then I read Shafak’s note at the end about her translation process has just had me a bit bowled over. She writes in English, then has it translated into Turkish, and then re-translates it back into English. Like what the hell!!! the layers of meaning, of words that can’t be translated, the idioms and contexts which are chopped up and then remoulded. I’m now really eager to read another of Shafak’s books with this knowledge :)
But then I read Shafak’s note at the end about her translation process has just had me a bit bowled over. She writes in English, then has it translated into Turkish, and then re-translates it back into English. Like what the hell!!! the layers of meaning, of words that can’t be translated, the idioms and contexts which are chopped up and then remoulded. I’m now really eager to read another of Shafak’s books with this knowledge :)