II'Many people will already know the house through their biggest success so far, The Elegance of the Hedgehog by psuedonymic writer Muriel Barbery. Still haven't gotten to this one yet, but I have read the likes of Gene Kerrigan, Jean-Claude Izzo, and Amara Lakhous through the auspices of this imprint. All were well worth the time.
I haven't quite signed on to the challenge yet, but don't wait for me. The entrance gate is HERE.
I can recommend Carlo Lucarelli's De Luca trilogy and Yishai Sarid's novel Limassol if you want to take up this challenge in a big way, not to mention Caryl Férey's Zulu, if you want a book whose author has raised South African hackles with his comments.
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Detectives Beyond Borders
"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"
http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/
Thanks, Peter--I'm not sure whether I will take up the challenge in an official way, as I seem to be overcommitted in such things right now, but I am glad to know it's out there. And I will try to get to all three of these writers at some point.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you or the challenge can help me. Europa published a novel that I wanted to read but have been unable to find. It may not be in print any longer; one of Europa's editors said he was surprised the book had not sold better.
ReplyDeleteAll I remember is that the book was by a writer from the Arab world and that its plot involved terrorism or internal repression --at any rate, a topic that might well have made it controversial at home. Any idea what book that might be?
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Detectives Beyond Borders
"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"
http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/
I don't know if this will help you, but here's the list of the first one hundred titles, which I think is pretty much the whole list. There are only a couple that are out of print and they don't sound Arabic.
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I think the book is probably Boualem Sansal The German Mujahid, an interesting demonstration of the tricks memory can play though doubtless the book was controversial in the Arab world. So thanks!
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Detectives Beyond Borders
"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"
http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/
De nada. Although I didn't really do any of the work.
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ReplyDeleteI could not have done it without you. I'd looked through Europa displays and even other lists of Europa titles, but I guess I'd never looked at the complete list until now. Maybe I can get a blog post out of this quest of mine, a search abandoned until a chance meeting online...
ReplyDeleteIt's really two chance meetings. I should have mentioned that Maria posted a comment on my Confessions of Ignorance blog, and in tracing her back, I encountered her Europa endeavor.
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ReplyDeleteNeato, thanks!
ReplyDeleteI really hope to read at least one before year's end.
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