Black Forest
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Valérie Mréjen- in France, Black Forest was published by the prestigious Editions P.O.L.
- Author Valérie Mréjen is also a successful filmmaker and visual artist, who has shown at Cannes and exhibited at Tate Modern
- She has written five novels
- Because of her style and focus on language itself, Mréjen has been compared to Georges Perec and Nathalie Sarraute
- Black Forest exemplifies the unusual, almost Oulipian style of Mréjen, as the book for the most part lacks a traditional plot, though there are recurring themes and characters. Instead, the novel is composed of vignettes that narrate deaths with a paradoxically detached intimacy— the subject is lofty, but Mréjen is never pretentious. A review in Le Monde noted the difficulty of writing about death and said that Mréjen "accomplishes in the tour de force" of successfully addressing her subject.
- Mréjen has said that when writing _Black Forest_she was inspired by the start of "Six Feet Under" episodes.
- Like Mréjen’s other novels, _Black Forest_received positive coverage in France’s major literary publications, from L’Humanité to Le Monde.
- Translator Katie Assef is known for her translation of French noir fiction into English.
Publication
2019
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Deep Vellum Publishing
Translator
Katie Shireen Assef
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