Laurent Binet’s comic secret history of the French intelligentsia is both a wild send-up and an exuberant celebration of French intellectual tradition. Translated by Sam Taylor.
Translated by Sam Taylor
Sam Taylor
Sam Taylor was born in Nottinghamshire, England, in 1970.
He began his career as a journalist with the Observer. In 2001, he quit his job and moved to southwest France, where he wrote four novels, learned French, and raised a family. In 2010, he translated his first novel: Laurent Binet’s HHhH. He now lives in the United States, where he works as a literary translator and author.
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Hubert Mingarelli’s short, beautiful novel about friendship and the fragments of happiness that illuminate the darkness. Translated by Sam Taylor.
Translated by Sam Taylor
