Also, the novel is written with a ton of anachronistic words, which get lost in translation, while a native speaker might at least enjoy those.

Helen: some of us are not that "young", and, with the benefit of retrospect, have realized that most of the seven years spent reading BG lit was a waste, that's all: the time would have been better spent doing world lit. Many of the so-called "writers" are nothing more than "draskatchi"; many post-44 were on the dole from the Ministry of Culture, which is just an Orwellian propaganda outfit.