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Title: Fifty More Fables of LA Fontaine by Norman R. Shapiro, David Schorr, Jean De LA Fontaine, David Schoor, Jean De La Fontaine ISBN: 0-252-06650-2 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: November, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: en francais?
Comment: La Fontaine's fables look good. Where do I get more of La Fontaine's fables in French? (en francais?) [email protected]

Rating: 5
Summary: Shapiro's translations are classics in their own right.
Comment: Shapiro's verse translations are incredible. The same person who has just done the most faithful and most poetic rendering of Baudelaire has no less flawlessly met the very different demands of La Fontaine, with all the latter's elegance (and, when called for, inelegance) of tone, stylistic devices, phlosophical depth, and playful humor. His translations lose nothing of the originals. One even feels that the spirit and voice of La Fontaine are speaking here. A truly remarkable achievement. Bravo!

Rating: 5
Summary: An amazing job of translation, a model for translators
Comment: It is not clear to me whether Shapiro is more poet, translator or scholar, but he is certainly all three. The range of his colorful lexicon, the beat of his hexameters and pentameters strike me as nothing short of phenomenal, making of him the most worthy of translators of La Fontaine.

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Title: Fifty Fables of LA Fontaine by Jean De LA Fontaine, Alan James Robinson, Norman R. Shapiro ISBN: 0252066499 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.95