Fifty More Fables of LA Fontaine

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Summary: An amazing job of translation, a model for translators
Review: 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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Summary: en francais?
Review: La Fontaine's fables look good. Where do I get more of La Fontaine's fables in French? (en francais?) [e-mail]

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Summary: en francais?
Review: La Fontaine's fables look good. Where do I get more of La Fontaine's fables in French? (en francais?) [e-mail]

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Summary: Shapiro's translations are classics in their own right.
Review: 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!