Estelle-Sarah Bulle and Julia Grawemeyer on Memory, Mothers, and Migration

Описание: A conversation between Estelle-Sarah Bulle, Julia Grawemeyer, and Alice McCrum at the American Library in Paris. Filmed on 29/06/2022 with a live audience both in person and on Zoom.

The American Library in Paris is thrilled to celebrate the recent English translation of author Estelle-Sarah Bulle’s debut novel, Là ou les chiens aboient par la queue. A moving and layered story of memory, heritage, and diaspora, the work tells of the Ezechiel family and their slow migration through both geography and class, from the countryside of Guadeloupe to the suburbs of Paris. Framed by a young woman seeking to learn about her family’s past, the story is populated by a rich ensemble of voices and woven through with stories which range from devastating to fantastic, contending with loss, love, exploitation, exile, and the mythologization of return. The conversation will be moderated by the English translator of the novel, Julia Grawemeyer.

About the speakers:

Estelle-Sarah Bulle is a French novelist. She has authored three works, including Les Étoiles les plus filantes (2021) and Les fantômes d’Issa (2020). Là ou les chiens aboient par la queue received the Prix Stanislas du Premier Roman and the Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe and Tout-Monde. The English translation was published in 2022.

Julia Grawemeyer is a literary translator. Her first translation, Save the Planet by Corine Sombrun and Almir Narayamoga Surui, was released in July 2018. She has taught French and Creative Writing at the university level.

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