before heading into town yesterday. On the bus I sat near a man about ten years younger than myself. He was missing several teeth and his ears were stuck on to his head in a startlingly perpendicular manner. His eyes were a bit swivelly and I could see he was having a job pulling focus - finally he managed to stabilise an image of me and held my gaze for long enough to say
Cor - you must've been right glamour back in your day
Shuntaro Tanikawa.
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Another post about an interesting translator: Michael S. Rosenwald at the
NY Times reports that “Shuntaro Tanikawa, Popular Poet and Translator of
‘Peanuts...
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Oh! Don't you love the back-handed compliment!
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DeleteSerious case of foot-in-mouth disease!
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ReplyDeletewhat can anyone possibly say after that? xoxo
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DeleteWell.... I agree with Savvy!!
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