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So many people have written to me to say that the Luigi Mangione story reminds them of my novel Rich and Poor. [Rich and Poor was also translated into French and published by Le Quartanier as Riches et pauvres.] The perfect gift for Xmas.
Years ago I also started writing a sequel to Rich and Poor but then gave up on the endeavour. If you’re curious you can find it here: Possible first chapter of the novel-in-progress One Yes & Many Know.
As well, so I don't need to do another post, Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim is a bestseller at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly.
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Showing posts with label Le Quartanier. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Le Quartanier. Show all posts
December 12, 2024
November 29, 2024
Le génie des autres and remembering 1998
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At the bottom of this post is a picture of the French translation of my very first book Unrehearsed Beauty (from 1998, translated into French as Le génie des autres.) Thinking back to 1998 (the year I moved to Montreal and began working with PME-ART) is really something else. I was so focused on the desire to make a new kind of theatre. And then we did. (Our performance Unrehearsed Beauty/Le Génie des autres was perhaps the best example of this.)
As you might already know, Christophe Bernard is in the process of translating all of my books for Le Quartanier. They’ve already done four:
Le génie des autres
La famille se crée en copulant
La joie criminelle des pirates
Riches et pauvres
https://lequartanier.com/auteur/95-jacob-wren
[In the original English these books are Unrehearsed Beauty, Families Are Formed Through Copulation, If our wealth is criminal then let’s live with the criminal joy of pirates and Rich and Poor.]
Today I’ll be signing books at the Le Quartanier table at the Salon du livre de Montréal from 6pm-7pm. A moment when I go back in time, instead of promoting my current book Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim.
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Here’s a short excerpt from Unrehearsed Beauty:
“The corpse must properly digest its food.
The food must be grown in pastures where just the briefest hint of ideology remains.
Ideology pertains to time.
Time is a character in a morality play with the following title.
The title of the morality play is “Actions Against Reason.”
In the play a corpse is featured prominently.
The corpse neither eats nor digests but is somehow made aware of the presence of food.
Food is laid out on the table in such a way that it spells out the defeat of those who understand only what they were born to someday understand.
When you are born you admit defeat.
Admitting defeat is the same as committing a crime.
And there is only one crime: to vomit when you know from the bottom of your heart that it is unproductive to do so.
Productive vomiting is tolerated but not encouraged.
Criminals require encouragement. Corpses do not.”
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At the bottom of this post is a picture of the French translation of my very first book Unrehearsed Beauty (from 1998, translated into French as Le génie des autres.) Thinking back to 1998 (the year I moved to Montreal and began working with PME-ART) is really something else. I was so focused on the desire to make a new kind of theatre. And then we did. (Our performance Unrehearsed Beauty/Le Génie des autres was perhaps the best example of this.)
As you might already know, Christophe Bernard is in the process of translating all of my books for Le Quartanier. They’ve already done four:
Le génie des autres
La famille se crée en copulant
La joie criminelle des pirates
Riches et pauvres
https://lequartanier.com/auteur/95-jacob-wren
[In the original English these books are Unrehearsed Beauty, Families Are Formed Through Copulation, If our wealth is criminal then let’s live with the criminal joy of pirates and Rich and Poor.]
Today I’ll be signing books at the Le Quartanier table at the Salon du livre de Montréal from 6pm-7pm. A moment when I go back in time, instead of promoting my current book Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim.
*
Here’s a short excerpt from Unrehearsed Beauty:
“The corpse must properly digest its food.
The food must be grown in pastures where just the briefest hint of ideology remains.
Ideology pertains to time.
Time is a character in a morality play with the following title.
The title of the morality play is “Actions Against Reason.”
In the play a corpse is featured prominently.
The corpse neither eats nor digests but is somehow made aware of the presence of food.
Food is laid out on the table in such a way that it spells out the defeat of those who understand only what they were born to someday understand.
When you are born you admit defeat.
Admitting defeat is the same as committing a crime.
And there is only one crime: to vomit when you know from the bottom of your heart that it is unproductive to do so.
Productive vomiting is tolerated but not encouraged.
Criminals require encouragement. Corpses do not.”
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April 26, 2024
Riches et pauvres and La joie criminelle des pirates published by Le Quartanier
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Very excited that Riches et pauvres and La joie criminelle des pirates have been translated into French and published by Le Quartanier:
https://lequartanier.com/auteur/95-jacob-wren
The original English versions of these books are Rich and Poor and If our wealth is criminal then let’s live with the criminal joy of pirates.
A review in Le Devoir: https://www.ledevoir.com/lire/813123/critique-fiction-riches-pauvres-petite-entreprise
And a review in La Presse: https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/litterature/2024-06-01/lutte-epistolaire.php
Thank you to the translator Christophe Bernard and to everyone else at Le Quartanier.
Very excited that Riches et pauvres and La joie criminelle des pirates have been translated into French and published by Le Quartanier:
https://lequartanier.com/auteur/95-jacob-wren
The original English versions of these books are Rich and Poor and If our wealth is criminal then let’s live with the criminal joy of pirates.
A review in Le Devoir: https://www.ledevoir.com/lire/813123/critique-fiction-riches-pauvres-petite-entreprise
And a review in La Presse: https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/litterature/2024-06-01/lutte-epistolaire.php
Thank you to the translator Christophe Bernard and to everyone else at Le Quartanier.
November 22, 2023
La famille se crée en copulant and Le génie des autres / updated French translations from Le Quartanier
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I'm happy to announce that Le Quartanier is publishing updated French translations of my books La famille se crée en copulant and Le génie des autres:
https://lequartanier.com/auteur/95/jacob-wren
Read an excerpt of La famille se crée en copulant. Read an excerpt of Le génie des autres.
This is the first in a series of translations Le Quartanier will be doing of my books. Stay tuned.
Also, in English, you can read an excerpt of Families Are Formed Through Copulation here. And read an excerpt of Unrehearsed Beauty (the orginal version of Le génie des autres) here.
Finally, in French, people have stared to write about it:
Yvon Paré in Quebec literature
Ariane Gagnon on Insagram
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I'm happy to announce that Le Quartanier is publishing updated French translations of my books La famille se crée en copulant and Le génie des autres:
https://lequartanier.com/auteur/95/jacob-wren
Read an excerpt of La famille se crée en copulant. Read an excerpt of Le génie des autres.
This is the first in a series of translations Le Quartanier will be doing of my books. Stay tuned.
Also, in English, you can read an excerpt of Families Are Formed Through Copulation here. And read an excerpt of Unrehearsed Beauty (the orginal version of Le génie des autres) here.
Finally, in French, people have stared to write about it:
Yvon Paré in Quebec literature
Ariane Gagnon on Insagram
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