Tag: France
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A Dispatch from our French Connection, Michael Norris
The following is from an email sent to me by Michael Norris: I just finished working for the Census, and I am going to France for three weeks thanks to free airline miles that I have accumulated. When I return I will kick out the jams on translating Tamper. It’s been a strange year so…
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Typewriters and Sports Cars: Michael Norris on Francoise Sagan
Random Walk blogger Michael Norris writes, “Despite all the partying, despite her chaotic life, Francois Sagan was surprisingly productive. She published over twenty novels and twelve pieces for theatre as well as novellas, memoirs, biographies and even scenarios for cinema. In the film we see her sitting on her bed in front of her typewriter, cigarette…