>From: kjkhoo at pro.SoftHome.net
>
>Doug,
>
>When this first appeared, I posted another translation of the same passage.
>While hardly of world-shaking importance, I would be interested to know
>which is closer to the Russian original. In the extract from Trilling,
>Gorky's interpolations have been removed, and the whole thing run together.
>Not to mention the harsher tone of "split skulls open" -- one might compare
>with "banging heads" and "bashing heads" (or have I got that wrong?)
>
>kj khoo
>
If someone can point me to the relevant Russian passage online, I can translate it.
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