The Romanian: Story of an Obsession

[Alexa]

Am gasit un articol care m-a bagat putin in ceata... cine ma poate lamuri???

 

Bruce Benderson’s “The Romanian: Story of an Obsession”, winner of one of France’s most prestigious literary prizes, skewers Celine Dion in his tell-all about loving an East European hustler.

 

New York, NY (PRWEB) April 4, 2006 -- On Sunday, May 7, 2006, Celine Dion and cast will celebrate the 500th performance of A New Day..., created by DRAGONE and presented by Chrysler at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. But Celine Dion isn’t thinking only of her own stupendous success. She will use this special occasion to give something back to the Las Vegas community by donating all proceeds from the show to The Celine Dion Foundation to benefit 10 Las Vegas charities.

 

Nevertheless, not everyone seems to be waiting in line to cheer the charismatic singer. Pop Life, a division of QuickDFW.com that covers the pop culture scene on a global scale, quoted some unflattering remarks about Dion by her translator, Bruce Benderson, in Benderson’s own memoir, “The Romanian: Story of an Obsession.” Speaking of the unenviable task of translating Dion’s memoirs, Benderson said, “I felt as if I’d been plunged into a swamp of banality whose shores would never be sighted.”

 

Benderson’s book, which won the Prix de Flore, a prestigious French literary prize, in 2004, details his infatuation for a Romanian hustler “in cheap club-kid platforms, with dollar signs in his squinting eyes.” Part personal tale and part travel memoir, the book also weaves in a story of King Carol, Romania’s last monarch, whose scandalous affair with a Jewish mistress, Lupescu, helped bring Romania to its knees shortly before World War II.

 

“I’ve got nothing against Celine Dion,” remarked Benderson. “In fact, I think she sounds pretty good when she sings in French. But putting her saccharine autobiography into English during a long, sizzling summer in Bucharest to support a lazy lover wasn’t exactly a garden party.”

 

The Romanian: Story of an Obsession was released on February 2 by Tarcher/Penguin and has garnered rave reviews from the Los Angeles Times, The Seattle Times and The Village Voice.

[DjCeline]

ok...deci...nu intzeleg nimik. ori nu stiu eu engleza...ori sunt prea multe chestii ciudate in articolul asta

[alextrusca]

Sincer, mi se pare aberant...Nu are nicio logica...Barfa aiurea....

[songbird]

Cred ca e tipu' care ar trebui sa traduca "For Keeps" in romaneste

[DjCeline]

ar fi ceva. pacat k nu cred k stie romana

[Alexa]

Cred ca e tipu' care ar trebui sa traduca "For Keeps" in romaneste

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Eu am citit si recitit... dar pur si simplu nu inteleg... initial am crezut ca el a tradus For Keeps din engl in fr, sau invers... HELP

[raluca]

eu nu pricep nimic din articolu ala

[Alexa]

Hehe... n-am reusit sa inteleg articolul, dar cel putin am inteles cine este autorul!!

 

IN COLLABORATION WITH GEORGES-HEBERT GERMAIN

 

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY BRUCE BENDERSON

 

MY STORY, MY DREAM

 

WILLIAM МORROW

 

An Imprint of HarperСоIIins PиbIisHers

 

Deci intelesesem eu ceva... ca a tradus din fr in engl, dar nu 'For Keeps', ci 'My story, my dream'!

 

Intrebare... Manuela Vasile... cine este?

[Alexa]

Hehe... n-am reusit sa inteleg articolul, dar cel putin am inteles cine este autorul!!

 

IN COLLABORATION WITH GEORGES-HEBERT GERMAIN

 

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY BRUCE BENDERSON

 

MY STORY, MY DREAM

 

WILLIAM МORROW

 

An Imprint of HarperСоIIins PиbIisHers

 

Deci intelesesem eu ceva... ca a tradus din fr in engl, dar nu 'For Keeps', ci 'My story, my dream'!

 

Intrebare... Manuela Vasile... cine este? 

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Manuela Vasile presupun ca e DjCeline!!! Merci inca o data pt carte!!

[raluchi]

ce naiba mai e si asta

 

sunt eu beata sau toti neuronii mi-au plecat la plimbare

deci am impresia ca s-au aglomerat o gramada de cuvinte fara rost

oricum pare o aberatie de la inceput pana la final

daca va lamuriti pana la urma poate dati nishte explicatii mai tarziu