{"product_id":"that-mad-ache-paperback","title":"That Mad Ache - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrançoise Sagan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDouglas R. Hofstadter\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat Mad Ache\u003c\/i\u003e, set in high-society Paris in the mid-1960's, recounts the emotional battle unleashed in the heart of Lucile, a sensitive but rootless young woman who finds herself caught between her carefree, tranquil love for 50-year-old Charles, a gentle, reflective, and well-off businessman, and her sudden wild passion for 30-year-old Antoine, a hot-blooded, impulsive, and struggling editor. As Lucile explores these two versions of love, she vacillates in confusion, but in the end she must choose, and her heart's instinct is surprising and poignant. Originally published under the title \u003ci\u003eLa Chamade\u003c\/i\u003e, this new translation by Douglas Hofstadter returns a forgotten classic to English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eTranslator, Trader\u003c\/i\u003e, Douglas Hofstadter reflects on his personal act of devotion in rewriting Francoise Sagan's novel \u003ci\u003eLa Chamade\u003c\/i\u003e in English, and on the paradoxes that constantly plague any literary translator on all scales, ranging from the humblest of commas to entire chapters. Flatly rejecting the common wisdom that translators are inevitably traitors, Hofstadter proposes instead that translators are traders, and that translation, like musical performance, deserves high respect as a creative act. In his view, literary translation is the art of making subtle trades in which one sometimes loses and sometimes gains, often both losing and gaining at the same time. This view implies that there is no reason a translation cannot be as good as the original work, and that the result inevitably bears the stamp of the translator, much as a musical performance inevitably bears the stamp of its artists. Both a companion to the beloved Sagan novel and a singular meditation on translation, \u003ci\u003eTranslator, Trader\u003c\/i\u003e is a witty and intimate exploration of words, ideas, communication, creation, and faithfulness.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a teenager, \u003cb\u003eFrançoise Sagan\u003c\/b\u003e (1935-2004) rocketed to world renown with her prize-winning and bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eBonjour Tristesse\u003c\/i\u003e. She went on to write many other successful novels, including \u003ci\u003eA Certain Smile\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAimez-vous Brahms\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as numerous plays and memoirs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas Hofstadter\u003c\/b\u003e is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning book \u003ci\u003eGödel, Escher, Bach\u003c\/i\u003e. Among his more recent works are \u003ci\u003eLe Ton beau de Marot\u003c\/i\u003e, a verse translation of Alexander Pushkin's novel-in-verse Eugene Onegin, and \u003ci\u003eI Am a Strange Loop\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44409746784391,"sku":"9780465010981","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/NC9ueTJGWFFTVU1lQlRnRE8waTd0Zz09.webp?v=1775357374","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/that-mad-ache-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}