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\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe celebrated career of Georges-Olivier Ch\u0026acirc;teaureynaud is well known to readers of French literature. This comprehensive collection\u0026mdash;the first to be translated into English\u0026mdash;introduces a distinct and dynamic voice to the Anglophone world. In many ways, Ch\u0026acirc;teaureynaud is France\u0026rsquo;s own Kurt Vonnegut, and his stories are as familiar as they are fantastic.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cI\u003eA Life on Paper\u003c/I\u003e presents characters who struggle to communicate across the boundaries of the living and the dead, the past and the present, the real and the more-than-real. A young husband struggles with self-doubt and an ungainly set of angel wings in \u0026ldquo;Icarus Saved from the Skies,\u0026rdquo; even as his wife encourages him to embrace his transformation. In the title story, a father\u0026rsquo;s obsession with his daughter leads him to keep her life captured in 93,284 unchanging photographs. While Ch\u0026acirc;teaureynaud\u0026rsquo;s stories examine the diffidence and cruelty we are sometimes capable of, they also highlight the humanity in the strangest of us and our deep appreciation for the mysterious.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cB\u003eGeorges-Olivier Ch\u0026acirc;teaureynaud \u003c/B\u003eis the author of eight novels and almost one hundred short stories, and he is a recipient of the prestigious Prix Renaudot and the Bourse Goncourt de la nouvelle. His work has been translated into twelve languages.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cB\u003eEdward Gauvin\u003c/B\u003e has published Ch\u0026acirc;teaureynaud\u0026rsquo;s work in \u003cI\u003eAGNI Online\u003c/I\u003e, \u003cI\u003eConjunctions\u003c/I\u003e, \u003cI\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c/I\u003e, \u003cI\u003eThe Caf\u0026eacute; Irreal\u003c/I\u003e, and \u003cI\u003eThe Brooklyn Rail\u003c/I\u003e. The recipient of a residency from the Banff International Literary Translation Centre, he translates graphic novels for Tokyopop, First Second Books, and Archaia Studios Press.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e |
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