Archive for March 25, 2011
13, RUE THERESE by Elena Mauli Shapiro
In Paris-born Shapiro’s first novel, a young visiting American professor, Trevor Stratton, catches the attention of his prospective Parisian secretary, Josianne, not for his scholarship in 19th-century French literature, but for his poetry translations: “A translator, caught in the space between two tongues.â€
In hopes that he is a little different (and after an appreciative look at his photograph), Josianne places a box with a red-checked cover in an empty file cabinet in his new office.
March 25, 2011
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Tags: 1920s, Historical, Paris · Posted in: Contemporary, France, Unique Narrative
THE MISTRESS OF NOTHING by Kate Pullinger
Winner of the Canadian Governor General’s Literary Award, Pullinger’s first novel to be published by a US publisher calls on the real-life characters of the consumptive Lady Duff Gordon and her faithful maid Sally to tell a story of adventure, passion and class in the 19th century.
March 25, 2011
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Tags: 19th-Century, Historical · Posted in: Award Winning Author, Egypt, Facing History, Time Period Fiction
