About This Novel
Suttree gave up his privileged life, his wealthy family and his intellectual past, and chose to make a living by selling fish to restaurants on a dilapidated houseboat on the Tennessee River in Knoxville. The houseboat is located near a shanty town, populated by eccentrics and criminals: hermits, drunkards, thieves, scavengers, gravediggers, clam gatherers and witches. He became friends with Jones, the black man who owned the pub, and Harrogate, who was imprisoned for having a special fetish for watermelons. In this abandoned fringe of society, survive desolation and poverty with dignity with detachment and humor. At the end of the novel, Jones dies in a fight with the police, Harrogate is arrested for attempted robbery, Sutry suffers from typhoid fever and enters an endless dream, finally leaving Knoxville and heading towards a new life.
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The original book is the most beautifully written book I have ever read, but this translation is so bad. Even if you don't understand English, reading the original version will still be easier to understand than the Chinese version. The translator did not consider converting the original grammar into a more fluent Chinese grammar, nor did he understand what each sentence was saying. It is recommended to eat raw meat directly
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Community(0)
Official(1)Scraped 4d ago
Is Google Translate easy to use?
The original book is the most beautifully written book I have ever read, but this translation is so bad. Even if you don't understand English, reading the original version will still be easier to understand than the Chinese version. The translator did not consider converting the original grammar into a more fluent Chinese grammar, nor did he understand what each sentence was saying. It is recommended to eat raw meat directly
