In Al-Ahram Weekly David Tresilian reports on Frédéric Andrau's Monsieur Albert: Cossery, une vie, a biography of The Jokers-author, in The strange case of Albert Cossery.
It sounds like a strange piece of work:
Tresilian does say:
Still, I'm curious -- and wonder whether any US/UK publisher will take a stab at it. Meanwhile, see the Éditions de Corlevour publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.fr.
It sounds like a strange piece of work:
Frédéric Andrau's Monsieur Albert, a new biography of the late Franco-Egyptian writer Albert Cossery, is unusual in that it makes a secret of its source material (it has no notes), and large parts of it are given over to what might best be described as speculation. The book as a whole is addressed to Cossery, though since he died some years ago he will never read it.Hmmmm .....
Tresilian does say:
On the other hand, despite its eccentricities Andrau may have written what could be the best (and thus far only) full-length account of its subject.(Given that it's the only one, Tresilian is really hedging his bets here, in suggesting it "could be the best" ... faint praise, indeed.)
Still, I'm curious -- and wonder whether any US/UK publisher will take a stab at it. Meanwhile, see the Éditions de Corlevour publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.fr.