Click below to hear Jean-Philippe Blondel talk about his latest novel CAFÉ UNFILTERED, an ode to the magic of the French café coming on July 11. Dedicated to singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega who finds it "finely drawn . . . charming and engrossing."
Distant Fathers/discussion with Ann Goldstein and Marta Barone
Watch this insightful discussion of DISTANT FATHERS by Marina Jarre—"a beautifully ingenious memoir, saturated in the history of the European 20th century"—with translator Ann Goldstein and Italian novelist Marta Barone, sponsored by Rizzoli Bookstore.
UNTRACEABLE by Sergei Lebedev is SPELLBINDING: "This is a parable of Putin’s Russia, with memories stretching back into the era of Stalin and Hitler, with the searing awareness that no moral progress has been made since those days of horror. Spellbinding."
—A. N. Wilson, author of Victoria: A Life; Tolstoy: A Biography and Wise Virgin https://newvesselpress.com/books/untraceable/
Sergei Lebedev on literature’s magic
Asked what political impact his new novel UNTRACEABLE may have, Sergei Lebedev delivers an answer that goes well beyond the fate of his own book and beautifully describes faith in literature as bearer of truth that is so characteristic of Russian writing. Watch a video of the entire fascinating discussion of UNTRACEABLE, sponsored by 192 Books /PCG Studio in NYC at https://paulacoopergallery-studio.com/posts/sergei-lebedev-untraceable-amy-knight-antonina-bouis
Translator Natasha Lehrer reads from her translation of VILLA OF DELIRIUM.
Sample the pleasures of VILLA OF DELIRIUM as Natasha Lehrer reads from her translation of the novel by Adrien Goetz, originally written in French. This a sweeping tale about an illustrious family that builds itself a fabulous Riviera retreat—a replica of an ancient Greek palace in which they seek perfection and beauty until being caught up in the tragedies of 20th century European history. https://newvesselpress.com/books/villa-of-delirium/
Designer Ashley Hicks gives a video tour of the Villa Kérylos, the fanciful French Riviera mansion that is the setting for VILLA OF DELIRIUM by Adrien Goetz The novel, said to rival Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, is a sweeping tale about an illustrious family that builds itself a fabulous retreat on the Côte d'Azur—a replica of an ancient Greek palace in which they seek perfection and beauty until being caught up in the tragedies of 20th century European history. https://newvesselpress.com/books/villa-of-delirium/
THE DRIVE by Yair Assulin is a powerfully subversive novel in a long tradition of anti-militarist literature, with existentialist echoes of Céline's Journey to the End of the Night, Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front and Hašek's Good Soldier Švejk. Watch the video where novelist Ruby Namdar lays it out in an engrossing discussion with Assulin and his Booker Prize winning translator Jessica Cohen.
Author Yair Assulin talks about his new novel THE DRIVE.
Israeli author Yair Assulin explains the acute relevance of his new novel THE DRIVE in these times of radical uncertainty.
http://newvesselpress.com/books/the-drive/
Video message on surviving these days of isolation with New Vessel Press.
A message of hope from Troyes in France, where Jean-Philippe Blondel, author of the critically acclaimed novels EXPOSED and THE 6:41 TO PARIS, talks about the pleasures of reading and looks ahead to the future. http://newvesselpress.com/books/exposed/
Margriet de Moor reads from SLEEPLESS NIGHT
To celebrate Dutch literature in English, renowned author Margriet de Moor talks about her enigmatic novel SLEEPLESS NIGHT, a story of romance and death punctuated by a midnight cake baking ritual. #Boekenweek http://newvesselpress.com/books/sleepless-night/
"A beautiful, mysterious and shocking book." Celebrated Dutch author Margriet de Moor talks about SLEEPLESS NIGHT and why she wrote what Books and Bao calls "this affecting story [that] leaves us with, upon its closure, the nervous unease that life doesn’t care about us."
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