Oh, for the days when the French jólabókaflóðið -- the annual rentrée littéraire -- came only once a year, in August.
But for a while now they've added a second, winter rentrée, and Culturebook is one of the places with a preview of the one about to be unleashed, Ce que la rentrée littéraire de janvier 2013 nous promet.
At least there's "un accent mis sur la fiction" -- with 525 new novels set to flood the market (up 9% over last year). (Say what you will about the screwed up state of US and UK publishing, but at least publishing seasons are nowhere this pronounced, with book releases spread out more evenly over the year (despite a bit of a cluster in the UK just before Man Booker time ....).)
Leaving aside the translations, January highlights include Yasmina Reza's Heureux les heureux, described as: "Un roman choral en forme de galerie de portraits", which sounds like something she might be able to pull off, and Alain Manbanckou's Lumières de Pointe Noire.
At least there's "un accent mis sur la fiction" -- with 525 new novels set to flood the market (up 9% over last year). (Say what you will about the screwed up state of US and UK publishing, but at least publishing seasons are nowhere this pronounced, with book releases spread out more evenly over the year (despite a bit of a cluster in the UK just before Man Booker time ....).)
Leaving aside the translations, January highlights include Yasmina Reza's Heureux les heureux, described as: "Un roman choral en forme de galerie de portraits", which sounds like something she might be able to pull off, and Alain Manbanckou's Lumières de Pointe Noire.