McNally Jackson Office Hours: Paul Eprile teaches Jean Giono’s Fragments of a Paradise

As part of McNally Jackson’s single-session seminar program, Office Hours, Paul Eprile will discuss his translation of Jean Giono’s Fragments of a Paradise. These intimate seminars are capped at 15 people to facilitate deep discussion. If cost is a prohibiting factor, please email [email protected]. Books are available for ship out or pick up before of the event to give attendees ample reading time ahead of the seminar. Folks are encouraged to arrive prepared to listen, discuss, and socialize!

Paul Eprile lives on the Niagara Escarpment in Ontario, Canada. HIs previous translations include three novels by Jean Giono (Hill; Melville; and The Open Road) and two by Colette (Chéri and The End of Chéri). Melville was awarded the French-American Foundation Translation Prize in 2018. Eprile’s rendition of Stendhal’s Armance is forthcoming from NYRB.