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20-11-2006
Why English fiction is winning French literary prizes
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New York, USA (NY Times): Josyanne Savigneau, a literary critic at Le Monde, said that “compared to the 1960s, the French reading public wants to be told stories, but many French writers prefer to produce texts.” For this reason, she noted, relatively few contemporary French writers are published in translation. “When you’re following a story, it matters less how it is translated,” she added. “But translation is complicated when the text is minimalist and poetic.” Conversely, the strong narrative content of much American and British fiction may well account for its popularity in France.
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