There are books which are better translated into languages other than the languages they were written in novels. The translations that appeal most to me are those of experimental works which basically are not you can't translate them literally. What's the best book that you never finished and I never finished but I don't know because I really I finish almost almost everything it takes a lot for me to give up on a book.
Michael Orthofer, one of the world’s most prolific book reviewers, joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on — what else? — books. Read to discover why Michael believes everyone should read more fiction, how we should choose books, why American popular literature is overrated, what he thinks about authors like Herman Melville, Fyoder Dostoevsky, Goethe, J.K. Rowling, Arno Schmidt, and many others, his recommendations for the best sites for readers, why studying literature at college was such a big disappointment, how much book covers matter, and why his opinion will never be the final word.
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