Description
About the Author
Lydie Salvayre, daughter of refugees from the Spanish Civil War, grew up in the south of France, where she received a degree in psychiatry. In her mid-forties she published her first novel, The Declaration. She has since published nine other books, including Everyday Life and The Power of Flies, and has received numerous awards, including the Prix Hermes and the Prix Novembre. Jane Kuntz has translated Everyday Life and The Power of Flies by Lydie Salvayre, Hotel Crystal by Olivier Rolin, Pigeon Post by Dumitru Tsepeneag, and Hoppla! 1 2 3 and Making a Novel by Gerard Gavarry, all of which are available from Dalkey Archive Press.
Reviews
a powerful soliloquy with the immediacy of voice that only a cleverly constructed work of ideas can marshal' -Lee Rourke, The Guardian
Book Information
ISBN 9781564784209
Author Lydie Salvayre
Format Paperback
Page Count 186
Imprint Dalkey Archive Press
Publisher Dalkey Archive Press
Weight(grams) 195g
Dimensions(mm) 179mm * 164mm * 14mm