Showcase - Rose Royal A Love Story by by NICOLAS MATHIEU Translated by SAM TAYLOR

Today I'm showcasing yet another fabulous novel, Rose Royal by Nicolast Mathieu and translated from French by Sam Taylor. An upcoming release from Other Press.
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ISBN-13:  978-1-63542-195-8
Publisher: Other Press
Release Date: 02-22-2022
Length: 96pp
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Overview:

From the Goncourt Prize–winning author of And Their Children After Them, a devilishly smart noir novella that finds uncomfortable truths in the everyday about romance, violence, and women’s desire and desirability.

Nearing fifty, with a divorce and a string of other failed relationships behind her, Rose has given up on the idea of love, if not sex—though that always comes with risks. Determined not to let another man hurt her, she even ordered a .38 caliber handgun after an argument with her latest boyfriend almost turned violent. Now she carries it everywhere, just in case.

As if on autopilot, Rose spends her days at work and then at the Royal, a familiar haunt where she knocks back one drink after another, sometimes with her best friend Marie-Jeanne. And then a sudden accident brings Luc into the bar, and Rose decides to give love one last chance.

Showcase: And Their Children After Them A Novel by NICOLAS MATHIEU Translated by WILLIAM RODARMOR

Today I'm showcasing another fantastic offering from favorite indie publisher Other Press a French novel set in the recent past, And Their Children After Them.
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ISBN-13:
 978-1-892746-53-5

Publisher: Other Press


Release Date: 4-7-2020


Length:
 432pp

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Overview:

Winner of the 2018 Prix Goncourt, this poignant coming-of-age tale captures the distinct feeling of summer in a region left behind by global progress.

August 1992. One afternoon during a heatwave in a desolate valley somewhere in eastern France, with its dormant blast furnaces and its lake, fourteen-year-old Anthony and his cousin decide to steal a canoe to explore the famous nude beach across the water. The trip ultimately takes Anthony to his first love and a summer that will determine everything that happens afterward.

Nicolas Mathieu conjures up a valley, an era, and the political journey of a young generation that has to forge its own path in a dying world. Four summers and four defining moments, from “Smells Like Teen Spirit” to the 1998 World Cup, encapsulate the hectic lives of the inhabitants of a France far removed from the centers of globalization, torn between decency and rage.