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Title: Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens by Joanne K. Rowling ISBN: 3-551-55168-5 Publisher: Distribooks Intl Pub. Date: February, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $36.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: J.K.Rowling did it again!
Comment: "Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens" is the German translation of the second Harry-Potter-book. I think I don't have to tell you anything about the story - see the reviews of the English version for details (besides: who wants to read more about the content of such a book than the back page offers - it would spoil some of the fun since the Potter books are in part a crime story!).
The translation is - judging from my reading experience - well done and worth reading. The language is not too complicated so the book qualifies as reading stuff for a foreigner wishing to practice his German reading skills. I didn't find any translation mistakes - the language sounded genuine German and was vivid and fun to read. The names (always a problem when translating) are not altered, so some of the flair that comes with the nicely selected names of the original is lost to the non-English reader. But this second book shows that this is the right way to go: there is a name-letter-puzzle which plays a key role in this book and translating that one would have been a very hard task indeed.
So the translation receives 5 stars, all well earned for the content as for the translation.
My final note goes to the discussion if this book is for adults as well as teenagers or not: anyone waiting for deep insights into the society, mankind and the world we live in will be disappointed when reading this book. But it is by far the best youth book I ever read, 350 fast pacing pages and I never regretted that I bought it. Nobody whants to read Joyce all the time. And when I turn too light reading stuff, I expect quality as well. Here is where this book has its place in the adult market.
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Title: Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen by Joanne K. Rowling ISBN: 3551551677 Publisher: Distribooks Intl Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Azkaban by J. K. Rowling ISBN: 3551551693 Publisher: Distribooks Intl Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $38.95 |
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Title: Harry Potter Und Der Feuerkelch by Joanne K. Rowling ISBN: 3551551936 Publisher: Distribooks Intl Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $46.00 |
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Title: Five Great German Short Stories (Dual-Language) by Stanley Appelbaum ISBN: 0486276198 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 27 July, 1993 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal by J. K. Rowling, Alicia Dellepiane ISBN: 8478886540 Publisher: Emece/Argentina Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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