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Title: Sturrock translation is awful
Review: This latest translation of Proust's "Sodom and Gomorrah" may be more accurate or "truthful", but the reading experience is in my opinion wooden and stilted.Moncreiff's original translation lends much more of a roll and lyrical quality to the writing and it makes for a much more satisfying experience. I can't speak for the other Penguin editions, but this volume was a huge disappointment such that I had had enough of it after the first 100 pages and went out and bought an older edition.The five star reviews on here are very misleading as the majority are for the Modern Library edition. I suggest that it is these and other Moncreiff editions that should be sought out.
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