Literature in translation ... is a consummation devoutly to be un -wished. I once picked up a copy of War and Peace at the Christmas Bazaar Book Sale. It was incredibly inexpensive (a dollar? two?), in good condition, and I had never read it. Of course, it has a reputation of being Great Literature and REALLY LONG. I got the book home and read a few pages before I had to take a trip. Rather than bring the book with me, I thought I might download a digital copy onto my phone. I was a little surprised at the number of different available copies there were and their prices were non-zero. But what really struck me was their lengths. None of the copies were the same number of pages. This difference was not due to typesetting, as the app would apply its own font size, chosen by the user. So I did a little research into why these versions were different and I found... translation. (Boo! Hiss!) War and Peace was written in Russia...
My essays on Literature in various media.