The big sleep

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Raymond Chandler: The big sleep (1975, Ballantine Books)

216 pages

English language

Published July 10, 1975 by Ballantine Books.

OCLC Number:
3209810

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Philip Marlowe, a private eye who operates in Los Angeles's seamy underside during the 1930s, takes on his first case, which involves a paralyzed California millionaire, two psychotic daughters, blackmail, and murder

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reviewed The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (Philip Marlowe, #1)

Re-reading it in english

I was reading all of the Marlowe books by Raymond Chandler, when I was about 15 or 16. My father gave them to me in German. I loved them, read all of them about five times, and generally loved Chandlers language so much I tried to emulate it in my own writing.

I thought it would be a good idea to once read one of the books in English, which I did, and it was fine. I actually remember some of the German translation and could compare some sentences. I'm astonished to see how close it was to the original, yet in english it's even better.

I will go on to read some other Marlowes in english as well.

Subjects

  • Detective and mystery stories