Virginie Despentes

Pretty Things

Übersetzer: Ramadan, Emma

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A pulpy, psychological tale of mismatched twins struggling to embody the role of the perfect woman.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Feminist Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 142mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 281g
• ISBN-13: 9781936932276
• ISBN-10: 193693227X
• Artikelnr.: 48746211

Autorenporträt

Virginie Despentes is a writer, filmmaker, and noted French feminist critic. She is the author of many award-winning books, including King Kong Theory, Apocalypse Baby (winner of the 2010 Prix Renaudot), and the Vernon Subutex trilogy (shortlisted for the 2018 International Booker Prize). She co-directed the screen adaptations of her controversial novels Baise-Moi  and Bye Bye Blondie, and served as screenwriter for the adaptation of her novel Pretty Things. Emma Ramadan is a literary translator. She translates from Providence, Rhode Island, where she is also co-owner of Riffraff bookstore and bar. Her translations include Sphinx and Not One Day by Anne Garréta, Monospace by Anne Parian, and The Curious Case of Dassoukine’s Trousers by Fouad Laroui. She is a recipient of a 2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund grant for her translation from the French of Ahmed Bouanani’s The Shutters.