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Viviane: A Novel
Julia Deck
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Description for Viviane: A Novel
Hardcover. Translator(s): Coverdale, Linda. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
Viviane is both an engrossing murder mystery and a gripping exploration of madness, a narrative that tests the shifting boundaries of language and the self. This breakthrough novel, nominated for the Prix Femina, the Prix France Inter and the Prix du Premier Roman, is sure to become a contemporary classic. Linda Coverdale, one of the most celebrated French translators working today, has created a faithful and propulsive English text that has been revised and approved by the author.
Viviane is both an engrossing murder mystery and a gripping exploration of madness, a narrative that tests the shifting boundaries of language and the self. This breakthrough novel, nominated for the Prix Femina, the Prix France Inter and the Prix du Premier Roman, is sure to become a contemporary classic. Linda Coverdale, one of the most celebrated French translators working today, has created a faithful and propulsive English text that has been revised and approved by the author.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New Press, The
Condition
New
Number of Pages
154
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781595589644
SKU
V9781595589644
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99-15
About Julia Deck
Julia Deck was born in Paris in 1974, the daughter of a French father and a British mother. A graduate of the Sorbonne, she lives in Paris. This is her first novel. Linda Coverdale’s most recent translation for The New Press was Jean Echenoz’s 1914. She was the recipient of the French-American Foundation’s 2008 Translation Prize and the 2004 International ... Read more
Reviews for Viviane: A Novel
Nominated for the Prix Femina and the Prix du Premier Roman for a first novel Winner of an inaugural French Voices Award "[Julia] Deck’s novel, which was widely lauded in France, complemented by [Linda] Coverdale’s unobtrusive translation, burrows deftly and unrelentingly into a troubled mind." Publishers Weekly "Written with a delirious and ... Read more