Shakespeare & Co.’s Paris Literary Prize honors novellas written in English by an unpublished author. Judge Rebecca Carter reports on this year’s festivities.
Italy’s 40K Books: No Paper, No Attention Span, No Problem
Milan-based 40K Books is convinced that less is more, and offers e-books that can be read in 60 minutes or less.
Hungarian for Inspiration
• Andrew Ervin, author of the collection of linked novellas Extraordinary Renditions discusses the woeful lack of Hungarian literature translated into English and offers a survey of titles that are available and should not be missed. By Andrew Ervin Though I lived in Budapest for over four years, from November 1994 to March 1999, my grasp of the Hungarian language …
A Summer Sojourn at Paris’ Shakespeare and Company
Parisian bookstore Shakespeare and Co. has launched a new literary magazine, The Paris Magazine, along with a 10,000 euro literary prize for an unpublished novella.
Review: The Most Beautiful Book in the World by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
By Gwendolyn Dawson Although labeled “novellas” in the subtitle, these eight pieces are true short stories; each one contains only a few key characters and spans roughly twenty pages. In the broadest sense, these stories uncover the hidden sources of humanity’s best qualities: happiness, forgiveness, love, and generosity. Schmitt’s tormented characters stumble upon these redemptive qualities in the unlikeliest of places, often despite …