secondchildren said:
I warmly recommend you to read "The Sword of Destiny" too, which is even better than the Last Wish. If you can read Polish, Spanish, French, German or even Italian, buy it and read it. It's enlightening. Especially if you want to know a lil more about Yen and Geralt
The thing is: I want the Spanish translation but they are only available as imports in the Americas, as far as I know. I got in contact with the editorial houses in Spain (Alamut, Bibliópolis) and they told me some distributor names; I called many booksellers but they don't work with those distributors AND have no idea what The Witcher is.
I have looked online in Amazon.com and Biblio.com and all I get are either highly overpriced imports from dubious sellers (Amazon) or results from stores in France or England (Biblio). There are online Spanish stores that sell each book for around 18 euros, plus international shipping... So, in the end, importing all 7 books would cost no less than 150 euros.
I already read The Last Wish and The Blood of Elves in English, but can't seem to get my hands on the rest. And honestly, I didn't feel the English translation (by Danusia Stok) was that good. In my opinion as a very picky reader the flow of the story, word choices and overall writing pales in comparison with the quality of the story on a conceptual level. In other words, the English translations don't seem to be very eloquently written. Is she even a native speaker of English?