Voir l'océan pacifique pour la première fois
Seeing the Pacific Ocean for the first time
San Francisco, CA USA octobre 2009Seeing the Pacific Ocean for the first time
J'ai fait la connaissance de Mabrouck Rachedi pendant un Salon du Livre à Metz en juin 2009. On a resté en contact et a passé un jour en explorant San Francisco quand il était ici quelques jours en octobre pendant son temps avec l'Université d'Iowa programme d'écriture. Et maintenant, j'oserais dire qu'il compte parmi mes plus chers amis, au moins à distance!J'ai eu le privilège de lire ses romans précédents pendant cette dernière année et quoique mon français est un peu faible, j'ai apprécié ses œuvres. Il écrit avec l'humour qui atténue les effets des circonstances qui peut être un peu triste ou au moins doux-amer.
Alors c'est avec plaisir que je vous annonce (à mon seul lecteur!) la sortie de son nouveau roman qu'il a écrit avec sa sœur Habiba Mahany, La Petite Malika. Malika sortira le 15 septembre chez JC Lattès dans les librairies en France et sur amazon.fr. J'ai hâte de la lire!
I met Mabrouck Rachedi during a book fair in Metz in June 2009. We stayed in contact and explored San Francisco one day when he was here for a few days during his tenure with the University of Iowa Writing Program. At this point, I'd be so bold as to say he is one of my best friends, at least from afar!
I had the privilege of reading his previous novels this past year and although my French is weak, I enjoy his work. He writes with humor, which has the effect of softening what can sometimes be sad, or at least bittersweet, circumstances.
So to you, my one remaining reader (hi Martina!), I am pleased to announce the release of his new book, La Petite Malika, on September 15, cowritten by his sister Habiba Mahany, by publisher JC Lattès at bookstores throughout France and at amazon.fr. I can't wait to read it!
Mabrouck Rachedi a aussi écrit / Mabrouck Rachedi has also written:
Le poids d'une âme, Lattès, 2006
Eloge du miséreux, Michalon, 2007
Le petit Malik, Lattès, 2008
Habiba Mahany a aussi écrit / Habiba Mahany has also written:
Kiffer sa race, Lattès, 2008
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There is more than one reader!
ReplyDeleteEdit: my TWO readers! Thanks, AB.
ReplyDeleteHaha, and as always I was so proud that I understood the first (the French, ha!) part of this post.
ReplyDeleteAfter "The little king" now it's "The little queen". (My Arabic is a little bit better than my French - but both are bad, so ...)
Oh hey, I didn't know Malik and Malika meant king and queen! That actually adds a whole new dimension to the stories...
ReplyDeleteI thought it might be some wordplay ... now I am really wondering if I should give it a try ... I read some of the comments on amazon.fr and understood most ... as long as I don't have to talk French ... might be okay ... thinking. Now that you have made so much promotion, lol. And I really like Petit Malik's book cover. And I managed Le Petit Nicolas ... so ...
ReplyDeleteHey, I wrote a review of Petit Malik on Amazon! The thought occurred to me after I wrote it that what I got from the book was something completely different than what a more fluent French speaker would understand. I'm waiting for the day that someone buys it based on my review and then wonders whether I'd read the same book.
ReplyDeleteYes, of course I have read your review ... was the first one.
ReplyDeleteI am wondering if I am a little bit over-ambitious right now ... duh ... .
Being completely inept in a language never stopped me...
ReplyDeleteMe - in the case of French - this makes me unhappy - my French could be so much better if it wasn't for my French teacher in high school - I really didn't like her.
ReplyDeleteShe scarred you for life! For me, it was a crazy English teacher who was mean to me. All we read that term was Ernest Hemingway. I wasn't a Hemingway fan before that and now I can't stand him!
ReplyDeleteEUh, trois lecteurs maintenant... et ton français est loin d'être "faible", crois-moi!
ReplyDeleteMerci Toun! Bien que j'écris rarement sur ce blog. Et mon français -- tu devrais m'entendre quand j'en parle!
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