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his best. They hardly belong to the great figure who formerly held
center stage and seem to me more appropriate coming from some–
one sitting in the audience, possibly a critic, perfectly sensible and
inescapably mediocre, as are all of us in death, which, as Shake–
speare says, "makes the odds all even.»
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voices from tbe field
EDITED
BY
ROSANNA WARREN
Seventeen distinguished translators discuss the kinds of
linguistic, philosophical, and anthropological questions
they encounter in their work and offer highly personal
perspectives on the pleasures and frustrations of their craft.
$37.50
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY PRESS. BOSTON
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