Fables of Town and Country
Published on 20. October 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-0-9971725-3-9 (ISBN)
Description
Since I introduced Pierre Coran (pseud. Eugène Delaisse) to my anglophone readers with the collection Fables in a Modern Key (2014), my translation of his Fables à l'air du temps, this whimsical octogenarian celebrated throughout his native Belgium as a preeminent “children’s poet”— though only, in truth, for the most precocious of children!— has imperceptibly grown a year older and added to his already enviable list of literary honors.
I admiringly offer here these Fables of Town and Country— my version of his most recent collection, Fables des villes et des champs—though quite confident that, by time the manuscript goes to press, it will have been succeeded by several others, and probably by another round of literary honors as well.
Coran continues to live in the rural town of Jurbise in the Walloon province of Hainaut, with his actress wife Irène, always finding time for enriching and inspiring travel— and never without productive pen in hand ... Norman R. Shapiro
I admiringly offer here these Fables of Town and Country— my version of his most recent collection, Fables des villes et des champs—though quite confident that, by time the manuscript goes to press, it will have been succeeded by several others, and probably by another round of literary honors as well.
Coran continues to live in the rural town of Jurbise in the Walloon province of Hainaut, with his actress wife Irène, always finding time for enriching and inspiring travel— and never without productive pen in hand ... Norman R. Shapiro
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
200 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9971725-3-9 (9780997172539)
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Pierre Coran is one of Belgium's most renowned and award winning poets. His fables and children's stories are published around the world, but this in only his second title to be translated into English as a full length book.
Norman R. Shapiro (Translator) is one of America's most award winning translators from the French. Many of his translations of plays, literature, and poetry are considered to be the definitive translations. He is renowned for his nuanced touch and ability to capture in English the word play often found in French poetry and literature. Besides many recent national translation awards in the last few years, he was recently recognized and decorated by the French government.
Olga Pastuchiv (Illustrator) is a children's book author, painter, and commercial illustrator. Her work is exhibited regularly in galleries here and abroad. This is her second collaboration with Norman Shapiro on a Pierre Coran book, the first being Fables in a Modern Key. (Black Widow Press, 2014).
Norman R. Shapiro (Translator) is one of America's most award winning translators from the French. Many of his translations of plays, literature, and poetry are considered to be the definitive translations. He is renowned for his nuanced touch and ability to capture in English the word play often found in French poetry and literature. Besides many recent national translation awards in the last few years, he was recently recognized and decorated by the French government.
Olga Pastuchiv (Illustrator) is a children's book author, painter, and commercial illustrator. Her work is exhibited regularly in galleries here and abroad. This is her second collaboration with Norman Shapiro on a Pierre Coran book, the first being Fables in a Modern Key. (Black Widow Press, 2014).