A Life on Paper: Stories »

Born in 1947 in Paris, Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud has been translated into 13 languages, and received the Prix Renaudot as well as the Bourse Goncourt de la nouvelle, the equivalent of the PEN/Malamud for achievement in the short story. He is a founding member of the movement La Nouvelle Fiction [The New Fiction]. A graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop, Edward Gauvin was a 2007 fellow at the American Literary Translators Association conference, and received a residency from the Banff International Literary Translation Centre. His translations of Chateaureynaud have appeared in Conjunctions, AGNI, Words Without Borders, Epiphany, The Cafe Irreal, and Fantasy & Science Fiction.

A comprehensive introduction to the short stories of renowned French fabulist Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud.

The New York Times - Jeff VanderMeer

…graceful, penetrating stories…thought-provoking.

Contents

Foreword by Brian Evenson....................i
A Citizen Speaks....................1
A Life on Paper....................3
Come Out, Come Out....................7
Icarus Saved from the Skies....................11
The Only Mortal....................17
The Peacocks....................29
Unlivable....................35
A Room on the Abyss....................43
The Gulf of the Years....................53
The Dolceola Player....................67
The Pest....................77
Delaunay the Broker....................87
The Excursion....................99
La Tête....................107
The Styx....................115
The Beautiful Coalwoman....................125
A City of Museums....................139
The Guardicci Masterpiece....................147
Écorcheville....................163
Sweet Street....................177
The Bronze Schoolboy....................191
The Pavilion and the Linden....................213
Another Story....................217