The Mookse and the Gripes discussion

Blue Self-Portrait from Les Fugitives

by Noemi Lefebvre (Author),‎ Sophie Lewis (Translator)

Les Fugitives is essentially a one-person operation, with a very specific remit: to publish "Short, new writing by award-winning francophone female authors previously unavailable in English or in the UK."

I have ordered this one. Amazon had 5 copies left at the time I ordered. I remember the problems people had trying to get Playing Possum so I went ahead from amazon, but if there are other places it can be purchased, go ahead and post a link.

Ideally from here http://www.cbeditions.com/lefebvre.html

actually from the publisher and author of one of the other shortlisted books - Charles Boyle, author under a pseudonym of An Overcoat: Scenes from the Afterlife of H.B., and publisher of some brilliant books notably The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie: Three Novels

And for those US based, it is coming out on 30 March from Transit Books, who are in a wonderful coincidence also publishing Darker With the Lights On:

https://www.transitbooks.org/books/bl...

I have cancelled amazon (luckily I had chosen the no-rush post to get £1 off my numerous kindle purchases).

Please post links for purchase on all the threads, Paul. Thanks.
Edit: I see you have!

Lefebvre gets a mention

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...

Nb an interview with the press https://bookblast.com/blog/interview-...

Transit seems to be one of the small US presses for me to watch. Catapult also. I didn’t realize Catapult published my favorite book of 2017, Reservoir 13 and Midwinter Break, another of my 2017 favorites that was Shortlisted for the Costa.

This is another one my son will like, in fact both sons will like this.

I don't have much to add to the reviews, other than to say I thought it spectacular.

Yes, I absolutely loved this one.

I wasn’t sure about this one on first reading, but something clicked second time I read it and I really liked it.

The notes at the back were helpful in getting a perspective on it, I think.

Started this one yesterday, but didn't get far enough for any opinions to be worth sharing.

I am genuinely unsure how I feel about this one - much of it was impressive, at times it felt a bit Thomas Bernhard-lite (i.e. the long convoluted sentence structures and repetitions without the bile) but I didn't catch much of the alleged humour, and I find descriptions of music difficult to realise. I suspect I missed a lot...

Interview with the author

http://www.documentjournal.com/2018/0...