December 2011
2 posts
The Penguin Press: LITERARY GENRE TRANSLATIONS →
thepenguinpress:
BY CIROCCO DUNLAP
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Original Text
“I ate a sandwich and looked out the window.”
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Sci-Fi
“I placed the allotted nutrition capsules on my tongue bed and looked to the Nahin VI-8373 space podhole.”
Fantasy
“My dragon, Ralfarus, and I, Genflowfla’ii, choked down…
“I grabbed my book and opened it up. I wanted to smell it. Heck, I wanted to kiss...”
– Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (via bookoasis)