It is easier
“Three paper rosebuds/ strung on an unbreakable thread…”
Poem of the Week (5 April) by Alice Rahon, translated by Anna Kisby.
French
I Will Go
“The taxi that takes me to the station so early in the morning doesn’t have any headlights, any meter, not even a floor in some places.” Story of the Week (December 11), by Nafissatou Dia. Translated from the French by Sébastien Doubinsky and Casey Harding.
Read More
J’irai
Original French text of Nafissatou Dia’s ‘I Will Go’.
Read More
The Chair
“It was there every morning… set before the sea as if ready to serve. A cane chair—stiff, high-backed, all the more out of place for how intact it looked.” Story of the Week (February 27), by Jean Muno. Translated from French by Edward Gauvin.
Read More
The Mute Book
“Salomonsen felt like saying: “I’m only forty-three years old, dammit! I’m not an old man!†But he remembered immediately that he was going to die soon and that it wasn’t particularly a sign of youthfulness.” Story of the Week (December 31), by Sébastien Doubinsky. Translated from French by the author.
Read More
His Final Pages
“For the next ten years, tormented by such anxiety that I made every trip as short as I could, I was not to leave the house more than fifteen times.” Story of the Week (December 5), by Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud. Translated from French by Edward Gauvin.
Read More