The most recent additions to the complete review are my reviews of two recent novels by Régis Jauffret:
I mentioned the controversial Jauffret last fall, when his Claustria -- based on the Josef Fritzl case -- appeared in German.
Both these novels are also based on real life incidents -- one very public (Severe centers on the murder of Édouard Stern), the other relatively personal and private --, and Severe has now also been made into a film, Une histoire d'Amour (English title: Tied).
Salammbo Press publish both of these, and it's great to see yet another fairly new publisher bringing out some works in translation (even if Jauffret dominates their list -- with Claustria forthcoming in English from them too).
I'm also relieved they toned down the Jauffret-cheerleading a bit: on the back cover of Lacrimosa the claim is "Régis Jauffret is a mind-blowing author", while on the back of Severe they only go so far as to say that: "Régis Jauffret is a major French contemporary novelist".
Salammbo Press publish both of these, and it's great to see yet another fairly new publisher bringing out some works in translation (even if Jauffret dominates their list -- with Claustria forthcoming in English from them too).
I'm also relieved they toned down the Jauffret-cheerleading a bit: on the back cover of Lacrimosa the claim is "Régis Jauffret is a mind-blowing author", while on the back of Severe they only go so far as to say that: "Régis Jauffret is a major French contemporary novelist".