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Black Forest

Black Forest A Novel

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Publisher's Synopsis

  • in France, Black Forest was published by the prestigious Editions P.O.L.
  • Author Valérie Mréjen is also a successful filmmaker and visual artist, who has shown at Cannes and exhibited at Tate Modern
  • She has written five novels
  • Because of her style and focus on language itself, Mréjen has been compared to Georges Perec and Nathalie Sarraute
  • Black Forest exemplifies the unusual, almost Oulipian style of Mréjen, as the book for the most part lacks a traditional plot, though there are recurring themes and characters. Instead, the novel is composed of vignettes that narrate deaths with a paradoxically detached intimacy— the subject is lofty, but Mréjen is never pretentious. A review in Le Monde noted the difficulty of writing about death and said that Mréjen "accomplishes in the tour de force" of successfully addressing her subject.
  • Mréjen has said that when writing Black Forestshe was inspired by the start of "Six Feet Under" episodes.
  • Like Mréjen's other novels, Black Forestreceived positive coverage in France's major literary publications, from L'Humanité to Le Monde.
  • Translator Katie Assef is known for her translation of French noir fiction into English.

    • Book information

    ISBN: 9781944700904
    Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
    Imprint: Deep Vellum Publishing
    Pub date:
    DEWEY: 843.914
    DEWEY edition: 23
    Language: English
    Number of pages: 72
    Weight: 88g
    Height: 127mm
    Width: 177mm
    Spine width: 10mm

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