Question for those who likes "War and peace"

[zgirnius]

Elisabet:
> So does Umberto Eco, who seems to be in agreement with zgirnius that
> the content of the French dialog isn't nearly as important as the fact
> that the characters are speaking French as opposed to Russian:
> http://www.themodernword.com/eco/eco_guardian94.html

zgirnius:
I am in good company!

Thanks for the link, by the way, it was a very interesting read.

--zgirnius, who has actually read translations of War and Peace into 
two languages (neither of them French :D).