Christophe Bataille. Absinthe. Tran...
Christophe Bataille. Absinthe. Translated by dint of Richard Howard. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Pres 1999 Pierre Michon. Masters and Servants. Translated according to Wyatt Alexander Mason. San Francisco: quicksilver House, 1997. For the average English-speaking reader, the contemporary French novel has effectively disappeared from the radar disguise of world literature. With the possible exception of Michel Tournier (whose novel The goblin was turned into an uninspired cinematic vehicle for John Malkovich), small in number French writers have managed to make an impression upon the American ...
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