In our latest French night at the Cornelia
we celebrated
we celebrated
French Contemporary Gay and Lesbian Fiction
Before we start, our faithful audience is coming in.
It is so nice to have you back.
Time for pictures !
Artistic ones !
People chat and begin to relax.
Some are even trying to figure out what will go on.
Let's get started.
We read excerpts of three novels and we began by
The novel tells the story of Bruno Kerjen, a lonesome engineer
who doesn't want to move or change his life
and whose only interest is pornographic phone calls.
Isabelle Milkoff is reading the French text
while Lara Vergnaud is reading
her own translation in English.
One day Bruno Kerjen runs into Marlene,
his teenager sweetheart. This changes everything.
Then the evening went on with
The Sleepworker/Deux jeunes artistes au chômage
by Cyrille Martinez,
"New York New York" is the set of this funny and amazing novel
in which we follow two non-working artist characters,
John and Andy who go from one opening to another
and find their way in the non-sleeping city.
in which we follow two non-working artist characters,
John and Andy who go from one opening to another
and find their way in the non-sleeping city.
Patrick Stancil (left) and Maxime Touillet (right)
were the readers.
Patrick read his own translation while
Maxime read the French text.
We had fun.
And last but not least
Tranvestite/Travesti by David Dumortier,
was the third amazing novel we read.
In this autobiographic and powerful novel,
the author is telling
the author is telling
how he would write stories
for children during the day
for children during the day
and turn himself
in a transvetite at night.
in a transvetite at night.
Emmanuelle Ertel read in French
while Grace Mc Quillan and Carina Lacorata
read
their and other students' translation.
All are in Emmanuelle's NYU translation workshop.
After the reading
there was more talking,
more pictures,
more food,
and laughs.
Here is Emmanuelle saying good bye
and announcing our two next French Nights.
They will take place on February the 25th
and April the 22nd
and April the 22nd
at 6 pm
at The Cornelia Street Cafe
Cornelia Street
New York New York
W 4th Street on A/E/1/2/3
We are looking forward to see you all!
