1996 Nominated
Reads Like a Novel
Translated from French to English
ABOUT
THE BOOK
There is no plot in the book, but it could be described as a highly entertaining and profound love story in which the beloved is reading itself.
ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Daniel
Gunn
Dan Gunn is a novelist, critic, and translator, as well as being one of the editors of the four-volume Letters of Samuel Beckett and editor of the Cahiers Series. He is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature & English at the American University of Paris where he directs the Centre for Writers & Translators. He was designated in 2017 as editor of Muriel Spark’s letters.
Dan Gunn is a novelist, critic, and translator, as well as being one of the editors of the four-volume Letters of Samuel Beckett and editor of the Cahiers Series. He is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature & English at the American University of Paris where he directs the Centre for Writers & Translators. He was designated in 2017 as editor of Muriel Spark’s letters.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Country
Ireland
Original Language
French
Publisher
Quartet Books
Translator
Daniel Gunn
Translation
Translated from French to English
Nominating Library