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Seven short stories by the Prix Goncourt winnerââthe most distinctive voice of his generation . . . master magician of the contemporary French novelâ (The Washington Post).  Franceâs preeminent fiction writer, Jean Echenoz is celebrated for his ability to craft stories with such precision that readers are caught off guard by the intense emotion and imagination just beneath the placid surface of his writing. As Gary Indiana put it in his essay âConjuror of St. Germainâ, âEchenoz risks everything in his fiction, gambling on the prodigious blandishments of his voice to lure his readers into a maze of improbabilities and preposterous happenings.â  The Queenâs Capriceâseven stories available in English for the first timeâreveals Echenoz at the height of his talents, taking readers on a journey across radically different landscapes. The title story explores a tiny corner of the French countryside; âNelsonâ offers a brilliant miniaturist portrait of the hero of the Battle of Trafalgar; âIn Babylonâ sketches the ancient city of Mesopotamia, based on trace descriptions from Herodotus; and other stories visit the forests of England, the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris, Tampa Bay, and the interior of a submarine. Amid the thrill and allure of this voyage of words, âagain and again we pause to savor the richness of Echenozâs startling, crystalline observationsâ (Lydia Davis).  â[A] terrific sense of humor tinged with existential mischief.â âLâExpress |
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