Grateful for this early copy of The Son of Man by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, trans by frank wynne 🏳️🌈. I love his work — like one extended experiment in the wisdom to be gained from an attention to detail.
Thank you Fitzcarraldo Editions Clare Bogen ✨
i urge you to read and revel in Jean-Baptiste del Amo’s remarkable Animalia trans. frank wynne 🏳️🌈 and published by Fitzcarraldo Editions, which has just won the Republic of Consciousness Prize (@PrizeRofc ). hearty congrats to all!
Today's library haul: Nona Fernandez's SPACE INVADERS, trans. by Natasha Wimmer; Ebony Flowers's HOT COMB; Jean-Baptiste Del Amo's ANIMALIA, trans. by Frank Wynne; and THE COLLECTED SHORT PROSE OF JAMES AGEE.
#writingcommunity Graywolf Press Drawn & Quarterly Ebony Flowers, PhD (she/her) frank wynne 🏳️🌈
“It is a book so visceral that blood, mud and spit almost seep from the pages.”
Gary from Charing Cross Road recommends Animalia, from Jean-Baptiste Del Amo Fitzcarraldo Editions (trans. frank wynne 🏳️🌈)—an astounding family saga and portrait of human violence. bit.ly/2Ufb28F
Voting for ANIMALIA by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo (trans. frank wynne 🏳️🌈), one of the most original and impressive novels I have ever encountered. Order a copy today if you haven't read! Grove Atlantic Fitzcarraldo Editions
I'm hopelessly biased, but Jean-Baptiste del Amo's ANIMALIA, trans. frank wynne 🏳️🌈, would be a perfect winner of the Albertine Books Prize! And YOU can decide it with a vote! It is one of the finest novels I've published at Grove - I'd love your support! albertine.com/albertine-priz…