El AnacronĂłpete
English release: The Time Ship: A Chrononautical Journey Literal: He who flies backwards in time
by Enrique Gaspar
After taking a year of Spanish at the University of Colorado, I undertook a three-year project of translating Gaspar’s novel to English, which is available in a pdf file for your reading pleasure. Even with the unpleasant twist at the end, it was still a fine, farcical romp through history.
—Poco á poco—argumentaba un sensato.—Si el Anacronópete conduce á deshacer lo
hecho, á mi me pasrece que debemos felicitarnos porque eso no permite reparar nuestras
faltas.
—Tiene usted razón—clamaba empotrado en un testero del coche un marido
cansado de su mujer.—En cuanto se abra la lĂnea al pĂşblico, tomo yo un billete para
la vispera de mi boda.
“Quite right,” called a married man jammed into the front of the bus, thinking of his tiresome wife. “As soon as the ticket office opens to the public, I’m booking passage to the eve of my wedding.”
English