Simon (Savidge Reads) commented on 'Beside the Sea by Veronique Olmi'
This sounds like a wonderful book. I always like an unnamed and possibly unreliable narrator. I also intend to read a lot more work 'in translation' this year and European work is where I seem to fall...
View ArticleLizzie commented on 'Beside the Sea by Veronique Olmi'
Dovegrey, it's great to hear you shouting out for translators, whose skills are so often undervalued and misunderstood. It takes a great deal more than knowledge of two languages. (I declare something...
View ArticleChrissussex commented on 'Beside the Sea by Veronique Olmi'
I really enjoyed "Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress" which was sent to me as a gift from an American friend, and this sounds fascinating also. I too had problems as a child with mispronunciation...
View ArticleMeike commented on 'Beside the Sea by Veronique Olmi'
Thank you so much for this wonderful intro to Peirene and her first title, Veronique Olmi's Beside the Sea. I am absolutely delighted and can't wait to hear readers' opnion about the book. And yes you...
View ArticleLiz F commented on 'Beside the Sea by Veronique Olmi'
This book sounds wonderful, if sad, but I always have time for something that will make me think and I did enjoy When We Were Romans. Portrait of the Mother as A Young Woman sounds intriguing too. Good...
View Articlecathy commented on 'Beside the Sea by Veronique Olmi'
The book sounds wonderful but I am not in a good place for sad reading these days, so will pass on it for now. But...I am so glad that I am not the only person to mispronounce names as a child; I said...
View ArticleJenny Woolf commented on 'Beside the Sea by Veronique Olmi'
I'm with Cathy in that I don't want to be reading sad things right now. But I'm always glad to hear of publishing houses putting out books of literary merit. And I agree that translation is often an...
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