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CLASSICAL TRIVIA! Will the Real Anna K. Please Stand Up?

Jan 5, 2015

How impoverished we would be with no access to literature written in languages unknown to us. Let us give thanks to literary translators. But their challenges are colossal. How do you translate wordplay or a metaphor? What about culturally-specific landmarks or expressions that may be unknown to a foreign audience? […]

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Classical Pursuits organizes literary and cultural trips and seminars in Toronto, Canada, and around the world. We provide adventures for the mind to places like Hemingway's Paris, Joyce's Dublin, Dante Alighieri's Italy, and Flannery O’Connor’s Savannah. With our travel partner Worldwide Quest (TICO Reg: #2667946), we plan both scheduled small group trips and private tours.