DOMINIQUE FABRE
Thursday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m.

From his home in France, acclaimed, award-winning French novelist Dominique Fabre makes this very welcome first visit here. The author of nine highly-praised novels, he is here with The Waitress was New (Archipelago), or La serveuse était nouvelle, the first of his books to be translated into English. "The strong, intimate voice of this gentle, canny narrator continues to stay with us long after we reach the end of The Waitress was New—what an engrossing, captivating tale, in Jordan Stump's sensitive translation." - Lydia Davis. "Authentic from the first sentence to the last ... We read about the everyday existence of an unremarkable bartender, and nevertheless, imperceptibly, we approach the universal human condition. Dominique Fabre excels at describing life in a bistro, composing a melody of flat notes and minor chords. Pierre's voice is never loud, but always in perfect pitch." - Les Matricule des Anges.

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