{"product_id":"black-forest-paperback-1","title":"Black Forest - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eValérie Mréjen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKatie Shireen Assef\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA man decides he is old enough. A woman returns early from a lovers' retreat to a bottle of pills at home. And how should you explain the nuances of contemporary Paris to your mother, twenty - five years dead? Valéeacute;rie Mr éjen 's \u003ci\u003eBlack Forest\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of mourning that isn't morbid or sentimental, but rather an elegant and wryly humorous brace against the void. With a paradoxically detached intimacy, Mr éjen follows death's dark and twisted path through the lives it touches, wringing out every possible meaning-or non-meaning-- along the way. A writer at the height of her career who draws comparisons to Georges Perec and Nathalie Sarraute, Mr éjen has cemented her status as an auteur with a singular voice, guiding us through the Black Forest of ghosts that populate her subconscious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eValérie Mréjen\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1969) is a writer, filmmaker, and mixed media artist. She has written five novels, most recently \u003ci\u003eTroisième personne\u003c\/i\u003e (2017 ), and exhibited widely in France and abroad, including in a solo retrospective at the Jeu de Paume gallery in Paris. She is an alumna of residencies at Villa Medici in Rome and Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto. Mréjen's first feature-length film, \u003ci\u003eEn ville\u003c\/i\u003e, co-directed with Bertrand Schefer, was a Director's Fortnight selection at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011, and her children's play, \u003ci\u003eTrois Hommes Verts\u003c\/i\u003e, premiered at the Théâtre Gennevilliers in 2014. More information, including many of her films, can be found online at http: \/\/valeriemrejen.com\/folio. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatie Shireen Assef\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator living between Los Angeles and Arles, France. \u003ci\u003eBlack Forest\u003c\/i\u003e is her first full -length translation.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 6.8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50335702417645,"sku":"9781944700904","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/CZpgQAIc8u9781944700904.webp?v=1785047197","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/black-forest-paperback-1","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}