Alain Mabanckou with Helen Stevenson - World Literature Weekend 2010
The wit and energy of Congolese novelist Alain Mabanckou have been enlivening the French literary scene for many years, during which he’s won several major prizes, including the Prix Renaudot in 2006 for Mémoires de Porc-Epic. English readers can...
London Review Bookshop Podcast
June 18, 20101h 13m
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Show Notes
An important champion of francophone literature, Mabanckou is both a writer engage, and a very engaging man. Teaching at the time in the French literature department at UCLA, he made a rare visit to London for the festival. Mabanckou talked about his work with Helen Stevenson, translator of Broken Glass and author of several books, including Instructions for Visitors: Life and Love in a French Town.
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