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>>mitchb+(OP)
Funny how translations of Dostoyevsky is a contentious topic in English-speaking world. In ru-speaking world, we bicker about Harry Potter and Lord of Rings translations :) There’s a particularly inflammatory translation of HP which causes people to swear that they won’t let their children read it.

>>untech+Il
Dostoyevsky is one of the greatest writers who has ever lived. I think getting Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy and Nabokov translated well is far more important than getting Harry Potter translated well.

>>ecshaf+cN2
Degenerate gambler, graphomaniac, and a pedophile--what a list.

btw, there are likely more HP books sold then all books by all these authors combined.

>>d0mine+5o4
There are more tickets sold to Avengers than there are tickets sold to Persona. But one is a work of art that will likely be viewed 100 years from now, and the other is for mass market consumption that no one will watch 20 years from now. Aesthetics for a work of art are far more important than the numbers sold, or the quirks of the author.

>>ecshaf+EX5
Harry Potter has been published more than 20 years ago

Children stories may have a long life. For example, the brothers Grimm stories are still with us.