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El Simple Arte de Matar by Raymond Chandler

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A little more challenging a translation than I was hoping for-- I am a native English speaker trying to improve my Spanish, and this wasn't a good choice for that.  Perhaps Chandler's words are more lyrical and less simple than I realized, or maybe the translator is using a higher register than I am accustomed to, I couldn't say.  But in the end I spent too much time struggling to understand and too little enjoying.  In the original I loved it, but the translation is yet beyond me.  Perhaps if I was a better student I could enjoy it more.
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