Windows on the World
ABOUT
THE BOOK
“The only way to know what took place in the restaurant on the 107th Floor of the North Tower, World Trade Centre on September 11th 2001 is to invent it.”
A daring yet moving evocation of the last moments for a father and his children on top of the World Trade Centre on September 11th.
ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Frank
Wynne
Frank Wynne is a literary translator. Born in Ireland, he moved to France in 1984 where he discovered a passion for language. He began translating literature in the 1990s. He has translated works by, among others, Michel Houellebecq, Frédéric Beigbeder, Ahmadou Kourouma, Boualem Sansal, Claude Lanzmann, Tómas Eloy Martínez and Almudena Grandes. His work has earned him a number of awards, including the Scott Moncrieff Prize and the Premio Valle Inclán. Most recently, his translation of Vernon Subutex was shortlisted for the Man Booker International 2018. Wynne translatedThe Art of Losing by Alice Zeniter which won the Dublin Literary Award 2022.
Frank Wynne is a literary translator. Born in Ireland, he moved to France in 1984 where he discovered a passion for language. He began translating literature in the 1990s. He has translated works by, among others, Michel Houellebecq, Frédéric Beigbeder, Ahmadou Kourouma, Boualem Sansal, Claude Lanzmann, Tómas Eloy Martínez and Almudena Grandes. His work has earned him a number of awards, including the Scott Moncrieff Prize and the Premio Valle Inclán. Most recently, his translation of Vernon Subutex was shortlisted for the Man Booker International 2018. Wynne translatedThe Art of Losing by Alice Zeniter which won the Dublin Literary Award 2022.