Virginie Despentes

Apocalypse Baby

Übersetzer: Reynolds, Siân

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This on-the-road mystery follows the search for a missing girl, providing a scathing commentary on contemporary life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Feminist Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 141mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 419g
• ISBN-13: 9781558618916
• ISBN-10: 1558618910
• Artikelnr.: 41455565

Autorenporträt

Virginie Despentes is an award-winning author and filmmaker, and a noted French feminist and cultural critic. She is the award of many award-winning books, including Apocalypse Baby (winner of the 2010 Prix Renaudot) and Vernon Subutex (winner of the Anaïs-Nin Prize 2015, Prix Landerneau 2015, Prix La Coupole 2015). She also co-directed the screen adaptations of her controversial novels Baise-Moi and Bye Bye Blondie. Sian Reynolds has translated many books on French history, including most of the works of Fernand Braudel. Recent translations include fiction by Virginie Despentes, Antonin Varenne and French crime novelist, Fred Vargas. Four Vargas translations have been awarded the Crime Writers' Association International Dagger (2006, 2007, 2009, 2013). She is professor emerita of French at the University of Stirling, Scotland.