Island of Point Nemo
Published on 31. August 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
450 pages
978-1-940953-62-5 (ISBN)
Description
Two stories—one a grandiose adventure-mystery, the other a tale of erotic exploits—humorously intertwine in a French e-reader factory.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Rochester, NY
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-940953-62-5 (9781940953625)
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Jean-Marie Blas De Roblès
Island of Point Nemo
E-Book
08/2017
Open Letter Books
€14.49
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Persons
Born in Algeria, Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès is a truly international writer, having spent significant time in Brazil, France, Taiwan, and Libya. In addition to writing novels (Where Tigers Are at Home, in English from Other Press and recipient of the Fnac, Giono, Médicis Prizes), he's a philosopher, and, following his participation in underwater archaeological excavations in Libya, he began editing a collection of archaeology books for Édisud. Island of Point Nemo is his ninth novel.
Hannah Chute has an MA in translation from the University of Rochester, where she also studied harp at the Eastman School of Music. In 2015 she received the Banff Centre Scholarship to work on Island of Point Nemo, her first full-length translation.