First Blood

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Product Details
Price
$18.00  $16.74
Publisher
Europa Editions
Publish Date
Pages
112
Dimensions
5.2 X 8.1 X 0.6 inches | 0.3 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781609458447

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About the Author

Amélie Nothomb was born in Japan to Belgian parents in 1967. She lives in Paris. Her books have been translated into twenty-five languages and counting, and have been awarded numerous prizes including the French Academy's Grand Prix for the Novel, the René-Fallet, Alain-Fournier, and Jean-Giono prizes.

ALISON ANDERSON, a native Californian, works as a literary translator in the Swiss Alps. Her many translations include the Europa edition of Muriel Barbery's The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Ingrid Betancourt's memoir, and the work of JMG De Clezio. She has also written two previous novels and is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literary Translation Fellowship, as well as fellowships at the prestigious MacDowell Colony and the Hawthornden Retreat for Writers.

www.alison-anderson.com

Reviews

"First Blood... tells an effortless story, offering much that can be enjoyed...Like 100 Years of Solitude, the novel opens with a man facing a firing squad...Eight months on, his life was forever affected by the death of his father and his mother's decision to let her parents raise him."--Declan O'Driscoll, The Irish Times


"First Blood is funny and engaging, the narrative voice appealing, the writing vivid and clever."--Frenchly


"Nothomb's crystalline re-remembrance is a spellcasting, one-sitting read that's Technicolor vivid and rich in joy, humor, and love."--Booklist


"This book is a gem."--Le Parisien


"Amélie Nothomb at her best: cruel, tender and funny."--Télérama


"A book bubbling in delightful humor and exuberant vitality."--Le Figaro