Comments on: Crabwalk http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/27/crabwalk/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 26 May 2012 13:25:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: James Russell http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/27/crabwalk/comment-page-1/#comment-63327 James Russell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/27/crabwalk/#comment-63327 <i>I don’t want to spoil the denoument for anyone</i> Let me guess... "David" turns out to be a 40-something housewife from Nebraska named Barbara? I don’t want to spoil the denoument for anyone

Let me guess… “David” turns out to be a 40-something housewife from Nebraska named Barbara?

]]> By: Kevin Donoghue http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/27/crabwalk/comment-page-1/#comment-63328 Kevin Donoghue Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/27/crabwalk/#comment-63328 "...the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff on 30 January 1935." 1945? [Sorry: typo fixed. CB] “…the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff on 30 January 1935.”

1945?

[Sorry: typo fixed. CB]

]]> By: John Emerson http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/27/crabwalk/comment-page-1/#comment-63329 John Emerson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/27/crabwalk/#comment-63329 You definitely can find anything on the nationalist internet, and in (bad) English too. For example, a long anti-Semitic rant which hinged on a failure to distinguish the Khazars and the Khazaks (1000 yeas and 2000 miles apart). Or a nationalist Korean telling a nationalist Russian about the danger of "Chineses" taking over Russia. Or a Russian and a Lithuanian arguing about whether the Lithuanians interbred with the Mongols. The veneer of civilization is pretty thin. You definitely can find anything on the nationalist internet, and in (bad) English too. For example, a long anti-Semitic rant which hinged on a failure to distinguish the Khazars and the Khazaks (1000 yeas and 2000 miles apart). Or a nationalist Korean telling a nationalist Russian about the danger of “Chineses” taking over Russia. Or a Russian and a Lithuanian arguing about whether the Lithuanians interbred with the Mongols. The veneer of civilization is pretty thin.

]]> By: Davis X. Machina http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/27/crabwalk/comment-page-1/#comment-63330 Davis X. Machina Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/27/crabwalk/#comment-63330 Did Ralph Mannheim do the translation? He is -- or was -- Grass' usual translator, and I liked his work on <i>Der Butt</i>. Did Ralph Mannheim do the translation? He is—or was—Grass’ usual translator, and I liked his work on Der Butt.

]]> By: Chris Bertram http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/27/crabwalk/comment-page-1/#comment-63331 Chris Bertram Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/27/crabwalk/#comment-63331 No, it was Krishna Winston. No, it was Krishna Winston.

]]> By: IanJ http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/27/crabwalk/comment-page-1/#comment-63332 IanJ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/27/crabwalk/#comment-63332 The press here in Germany has left me with the impression that the original may have been somewhat clunky too. Perhaps Winston was just being faithful to the text. The press here in Germany has left me with the impression that the original may have been somewhat clunky too. Perhaps Winston was just being faithful to the text.

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