Donald Nicholson-Smith reflects on translating Jean-Patrick Manchette in CrimeReads
Donald Nicholson-Smith, translator of Serge Pey's Treasure of the Spanish Civil War, Abdellatif Laâbi's In Praise of Defeat, and much more, writes about translating Jean-Patrick Manchette in CrimeReads this month. He reflects on the relationship between "genre" and "literary" fiction, the
Donald Nicholson-Smith and Caleb Crain converse about Treasure of the Spanish Civil War
Donald Nicholson-Smith, translator of Serge Pey’s Treasure of the Spanish Civil War, read from his translation and conversed with Caleb Crain about genre, immigration, magical realism, anarchism, and more at a recent Zoom talk hosted by Community Bookstore. Watch a
Alyson Waters and Donald Nicholson-Smith at Albertine
Join our childrens' book translators Alyson Waters and Donald Nicholson-Smith for a morning of fun and discovery around Claude Ponti’s My Valley and Philippe Fix’s Seraphin. In My Valley, Ponti leads us on a journey through the enchanted world of the Twims (tiny, extremely
Boston Book Festival with Christine Angot
For the fourth year in a row, the French Cultural Center is delighted to host talks, co-presented with the Boston Book Festival and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy. At 2:15 PM, Christine Angot will present her book, Incest. The format will consist of a
REVIEW: Wall Street Journal on "The Fiction of Pierre Michon"
The Fiction of Pierre Michon Some historical fiction sketches 'small' lives at the edge of history's grander narratives. By MARTIN RIKER Feb. 14, 2014 5:51 p.m. ET THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Pierre Michon is perhaps best thought of as a prose portraitist. His heart is not