Hi! I'm Charlotte.
In this video, I tell you about five literary fiction novels translated from French and both critically acclaimed and commercially successful in their original language, which I haven't heard a lot about on BookTube, but definitely think you should give a try :)
Books mentioned:
- Michel Bonnefoy, Black Sugar, translated by Emily Boyce | https://belgraviabooks.com/product/black-sugar
- Pierre Lemaître, The Great Swindle, translated by Frank Wynne | https://www.maclehosepress.com/titles/pierre-lemaitre/the-great-swindle/9781848665804/
- Sébastien Japrisot, A Very Long Engagement, translated by Linda Coverdale | https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/102/1028563/very-long-engagement/9780099449294.html
- Gaël Faye, Small country, translated by Sarah Ardizzone | https://hogarthbooks.com/books/small-country-tr
- Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex 1, translated by Frank Wynne | https://www.maclehosepress.com/titles/virginie-despentes/vernon-subutex-one/9780857055408/
00:00 Intro
03:07 Black Sugar
06:49 The Great Swindle
10:41 A Very Long Engagement
15:09 Small Country
21:16 Vernon Subutex
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