The People of the Village
Tash Aw: ‘The End of Eddy’, 16 February 2017
The End of Eddy
by Edouard Louis, translated by Michael Lucey.
Harvill Secker, 192 pp., £12.99, February 2017,978 1 84655 900 6 Show More
by Edouard Louis, translated by Michael Lucey.
Harvill Secker, 192 pp., £12.99, February 2017,
Histoire de la violence
by Edouard Louis.
Editions du Seuil, 230 pp., £22, January 2016,978 2 7578 6481 4 Show More
by Edouard Louis.
Editions du Seuil, 230 pp., £22, January 2016,
“... of a family name such as Bellegueule is a challenge to even the most skilful translator. Michael Lucey opts for ‘Prettymug’, which is as close as English gets: a man with ‘une belle gueule’ tends to be rugged and macho, while one with ‘un beau visage’ is handsome in a more standard fashion. When combined with Eddy (very much not ... ”
