Within the novel’s first sentence, two subtle and seemingly minor translation decisions have the power to change the way we read everything that follows. So why do the pros keep getting it wrong? For the modern American reader, few lines in French literature are as famous as the opening of Albert Camus’s “L’Étranger”: “ Aujourd’hui, maman est morte.” Nitty-gritty tense issues aside, the first sentence of “The Stranger” is so elementary that even a schoolboy with a base knowledge of French could adequately translate it.
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Jules, too, is in a strange place-in disguise. Though she says nothing, her rotting, bony finger pointing out to sea is clear enough: return to Fennbirn. Mirabella and Arsinoe are alive, but in hiding on the minland and dealing with a nightmare of their own: being visited repeatedly by a specter they think might be the fabled Blue Queen. There’s also the alarming issue of whether or not her sisters are actually dead-or if they’re waiting in the wings to usurp the throne. But now that she finally has it, the murmurs of dissent grow louder by the day. Queen Katharine has waited her entire life to wear the crown. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times bestselling author Kendare Blake returns with the highly anticipated third book in the Three Dark Crowns series! And while Arsinoe, Mirabella, and Katharine all have their own scores to settle, they aren’t the only queens stirring things up on Fennbirn Island. This book was released on with total page 320 pages. 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