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Being Here: The Life of Paula Modersohn-Becker - Marie Darrieussecq
The Book of the week is Marie Darrieussecq's Being Here: The Life of Paula Modersohn-Becker, translated by Penny Hueston and published by...
What is the Sharia? Baudoin Dupret
For today's book of the week, the Book Office and Baudoin Dupret ask the question What is the Sharia? The book is published by Hurst...
The Power of Images, Patrick Boucheron
The Book of the week takes you back to medieval Siena, exploring the meaning of the iconic 'Fresco of Good Government'. Discover with us...
Storms Under the Skin, by Henri Michaux
The Book Office is delighted to present the book of the week: Henri Michaux's Storms Under the Skin, published by Two Rivers Press. This...
No Place to Lay One's Head, Françoise Frenkel
The Book Office was completely taken by No Place to Lay One's Head, by Françoise Frenkel. What makes No Place to Lay One's Head unique is...
A Walk Through Paris, Eric Hazan
The Book Office is delighted to present the Book of the week: A Walk Through Paris. A radical exploration, by Eric Hazan. You're stuck in...
Translating Vénus Khoury-Ghata’s "Seven Stones"
The Book Office is delighted to present the Book of the week: Seven Stones, by Vénus Khoury-Ghata. Aneesa Abbas Higgins, translator of...
Woman at Sea, Catherine Poulain
This week, discover what Le Monde described as 'a tale of travel and adventure, the story of a body utterly surrendered to pain and joy....
Translation as Transhumance, by Mirelle Gansel
The word “transhumance” appears only once in Translation as Transhumance, described as “the long, slow movement of the flocks to distant...
Anquetil, alone, by Paul Fournel
Jacques Anquetil was a French road racing cyclist. To understand his legend, his nickname is enough: "Mister stopwatch", for he would...
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