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Tag Archives: Fitzcarraldo Editions
Reading Getting Lost by Annie Ernaux
I’m a great fan of Annie Ernaux and so decided to read her book Getting Lost (Se Perdre), translated by Alison L. Strayer, for Women in Translation Month 2023. This is the diary of her one-year affair with a member … Continue reading
Posted in Books in French, Books in Translation, Memoir
Tagged Alison L. Strayer, Annie Ernaux, Fitzcarraldo Editions, Gettng Lost
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Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, translated by Rosalind Harvey.
Motherhood is porous, says Monica, and this idea is explored in Still Born, long listed for the International Booker Prize 2023. It’s the story of close friends Alina and Laura and their choices around biological motherhood, but opens out to … Continue reading
Annie Ernaux wins the Nobel
I’m delighted that Annie Ernaux has won this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature. I greatly admire her book The Years and it’s resonated with every woman of a certain age I know. I wanted to read more of her, so … Continue reading
In Memory of Memory-by Maria Stepanova translated by Sasha Dugdale.
In Memory of Memory, shortlisted for the Booker International Prize 2021, is a remarkable text. It’s the story of Maria Stepanova’s family, which she’s been researching and writing since she was 10 years old. The family are Russian and Jewish … Continue reading
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Tagged Fitzcarraldo Editions, In Memory of Memory, Maria Stepanova, Sasha Dugdale
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Minor Detail by Adania Shibli translated by Elisabeth Jaquette
Minor Detail, long listed for the Booker International Prize, powerfully combines fiction, history and memory. It’s the story of a crime which took place in August 1949 in the southern borders of the newly formed state of Israel, when a … Continue reading
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Tagged Aadania Shibli, Elisabeth Jaquette, Fitzcarraldo Editions, Minor Detail
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