Ander Louis

Pictured: Cover art for War & Peace Bogan Translation, Books 1 and 2.

'Say more ...' 

Yeah fair enough. It's Tolstoy's War & Peace, with an Aussie accent. 

Many people have translated War & Peace into English over the years. (Maude, Garnett, P&V, and Briggs, to name a few.) Each translation has its merits. I'm creating a new translation, and adding Louis to the ranks. 

My version is faithful; line for line, word for word. The only difference: the narrator is now a massive bogan. Think of it like this - when you read War & Peace translated into Japanese, you don't expect to find the characters in Tokyo downing Asahi and sushi. It's still set in Russia during the Napoleonic Wars. Same principle applies here - the language is Aussie, the world is not. 

Legitimately, if you read the Louis translation you can still say you've read Tolstoy's War & Peace.

'Say less ...' 

Ok! 

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'Go off, King!'

Thank you! I will go off king. Bogan War & Peace started as a brain break hobby, something I did purely for a laugh. Book 1 came out in 2019 - and flopped spectacularly. With no spare time for a project that was purely for my own amusement, it was relegated to the eternal back-burner of doom. 

Then, after six years in obscurity, Bogan War and Peace randomly went viral, thanks to a wonderful stranger on the internet - and everything snowballed from there! 

I thought this project was dead - and then it came roaring back to life, and now I get to keep adding swear words to Tolstoy. What a beautiful thing! I'm excited to see what happens next.

'How's Book 3 coming along?'

The first draft of Book 3 is complete as of October 7th. Yay!
First Draft: 100% Complete
Editing: IN PROGRESS!

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