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Frank Wynne

    Frank Wynne is a distinguished literary translator, breathing life into French literature for English-speaking audiences. He excels at conveying complex themes and the subtle nuances of French authors, including their distinct stylistic approaches. His translation work highlights a deep understanding of both the source material and the target language. Wynne is recognized for his ability to capture the spirit and meaning of original works, offering readers an authentic literary experience. His translations are lauded for their precision and literary merit.

    An Unfinished Business
    Queer
    Atomised
    Platform
    Watching Over Her
    Alex
    • SHE'S RUNNING OUT OF TIME Alex Prévost - kidnapped, beaten, suspended from the ceiling of an abandoned warehouse in a wooden cage - is in no position to bargain. Her abductor's only desire is to watch her die. HE WANTS ONLY ONE THING Apart from a shaky police report, Commandant Camille Verhoeven has nothing to go on: no suspect, no leads. If he is to find Alex, he will have to get inside her head. ESCAPE IS JUST THE BEGINNING Resourceful, tough, beautiful, always two steps ahead - Alex will keep Verhoeven guessing till the bitter end. And before long, saving her life will be the least of his worries.

      Alex
      4.1
    • Watching Over Her

      • 532 pages
      • 19 hours of reading

      The international bestseller and winner of the Prix Goncourt 2023, with over 700,000 copies sold in France

      Watching Over Her
      2.5
    • Platform

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      "Michel is a civil-servant, an account manager at the Ministry of Culture. He is single, and likes his pleasures pre-packaged: game shows, TV movies, pornography and instant mash. When his father is murdered and he comes into some money, Michel takes leave of absence to go on a package tour to Thailand. Relieved to get away, he is nonetheless infuriated by the shallow hypocrisy and mediocrity of his fellow travellers. Only the awkward Valerie attracts his attention. Too bashful to pursue her, Michel prefers the uncomplicated pleasures of Thai massage parlours and sex with local women. Western society, he believes, has lost the sense of the 'other' - the sensual, the exotic - that is necessary to pleasure." "Back in Paris, he calls Valerie and they plunge into a passionate affair which strays far beyond the bounds of Michel's previous 'vanilla' existence, into S & M, partner-swapping and sex in public. Michel quits his job, and tries to help Valerie and her boss, Jean-Yves, in their ailing travel business, putting his philosophy into practice by offering consenting adults sexual tourism in the third world. The project is risky, but when the three return to Thailand, Michel discovers that sex is neither the most consuming nor the most dangerous of human passions."--Jacket

      Platform
      3.9
    • Atomised

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Half-brothers Michel and Bruno have a mother in common but little else. This is the story of two brothers, but the subject of the novel is in its dismantling of society and its assumptions, a dissection of modern lives and loves

      Atomised
      3.9
    • Queer

      • 624 pages
      • 22 hours of reading

      LGBTQ writing from ancient times to yesterday, selected by award-winning translator Frank Wynne.

      Queer
      3.6
    • An Unfinished Business

      • 239 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      A major novel that tackles one of the great taboos of Muslim culture - the Shoah. Translated from the French by Frank Wynne

      An Unfinished Business
      3.9
    • Windows on the World

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      A daring, moving fictional account of the last moments of a father and his two sons atop the World Trade Centre on September 11. 'The only way to know what took place in the restaurant on the 107th Floor of the North Tower, World Trade Center on September 11th 2001 is to invent it.' Weaving fact and fiction, empathy and dark humour, autobiography and intellect, Windows on the World dares to confront the terrifying image that has come to define our world, the image onto which we project our fears, our compassion, our anger, our incomprehension. Beigbeder is a fierce, furious, infuriating chronicler of human iniquity and human suffering, and this book is a controversial, yet surprisingly humane attempt to depict the most awful event of recent memory.

      Windows on the World
      3.5
    • To ja byłem Vermeerem

      • 280 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      Historia życia i pracy genialnego fałszerza Hana van Meegerena.W 1945 roku niewiele znaczący holenderski handlarz dzieł sztuki został aresztowany za sprzedaż bezcennego skarbu narodowego ? obrazu pędzla Vermeera ? marszałkowi III Rzeszy Hermannowi G�ringowi. Jedyną możliwą karą za zdradę była śmierć. Jednak Han van Meegeren gnił w zimnej i wilgotnej celi więziennej, nie mogąc wydobyć z siebie dw�ch prostych sł�w, kt�re dałyby mu wolność: jestem fałszerzem.To ja byłem Vermeerem jest zdumiewającą, niezwykłą opowieścią o człowieku, kt�ry minął się z czasem i powołaniem. Od wczesnego dzieciństwa marzył, żeby zostać malarzem, ale w skandalizującym świecie sztuki wsp�łczesnej jego malarstwo krytycy wyśmiali jako beznadziejnie staroświeckie. Wściekły i rozgoryczony uknuł plan zemsty na swych przeciwnikach. Było to oszałamiające, zręczne oszustwo, dzięki kt�remu w niespełna dziesięć lat zarobił r�wnowartość pięćdziesięciu milion�w dolar�w; zyskał akceptację właśnie tych krytyk�w, kt�rzy wcześniej z niego szydzili i... zobaczył swoje obrazy wiszące tuż obok arcydzieł Rembrandta i Vermeera. Jako malarz Han poni�sł klęskę, jako fałszerz był niedościgniony. To ja byłem Vermeerem jest niewiarygodną, a jednak prawdziwą historią największego fałszerza wszech czas�w, trzymającą w napięciu opowieścią o zachłanności, nieposkromionej pysze, braku umiaru, zdradzie i sztuce.

      To ja byłem Vermeerem
      3.5