Full Description
This original dual-language short story collection features 15 newly translated works by important 20th-century authors. Previously unavailable in English versions, contents include "L'ami et la femme" by Irène Némirovsky, "Pleure, Pleure!" by Andrée Maillet, and tales by Simone Schwarz-Bart, Sailesh Ramchurn, Fred Kassak, Yann Means, Marc Villard, and others.
Contents
CONTENTS
Introduction v
Acknowledgments vii
Octave Mirbeau 1
Paysage de foule / Crowd Scene 2/3
Valery Larbaud 13
Portrait d'Eliane à quatorze ans / Eliane at Age
Fourteen 14/15
Fred Kassak 39
Iceberg / Iceberg 40/41
Andrée Maillet 57
Pleure, Pleure!/ Cry, Cry! 58/59
Pierrette Fleutiaux 81
Le livre et la dent/ The Book and the Tooth 82/83
Simone Schwarz-Bart 103
Du fond des casseroles / From the Bottom of the Pans 104/105
Éric Faye 113
Des nouvelles de l'entrée de l'enfer / News from the
Entrance to Hell 114/115
Dominique Mainard 129
Le bal de la forêt / The Forest Ball 130/131
Nadine Ribault 153
Demain, oui! / Tomorrow, Yes! 154/155
Thomas Gunzig 173
Les Cornichons / Pickles 174/175
Yann Mens 183
Grumes / Logs 184/185
Sailesh Ramchurn 201
En traversant Petite Escale / Crossing Petite Escale 202/203
Marc Villard 227
Sur la route / On the Road 228/229
Irène Némirovsky 243
L'Ami et la femme / The Friend and the Wife 244/245
Khadi Hane 269
Un Samedi sur la terre / A Saturday on Earth 270/271
