The Margellos World Republic of Letters #: The Valiant Little Tailor

A Novel

The Margellos World Republic of Letters #: The Valiant Little Tailor
Eric Chevillard, Jordan Stump
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h197 x 127mm - 200pg
8 Nov 2022 US
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9780300253191
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The classic Grimms' fairy tale of the valiant little tailor, as you' ve never heard it before Once upon a time, there lived a valiant little tailor who killed seven flies with one blow-but who is this narrator who has abruptly inserted himself into the story, claiming authorship? He' s indignant: the fairy tale, borne carelessly along by the popular imagination, subjected to the transformations of oral tradition, was collected in a lamentable state by the Brothers Grimm, and he intends to restore the tale and its giant-slaying, unicorn-fighting, boar-hunting star to their original magnificence. But the true hero of the story remains to be seen: Is it the tailor, the narrator, or someone else entirely? In this explosive retelling of the classic tale, Eric Chevillard enlists the reader in a dizzying game of crack-the-whip, with new directions and delights in every paragraph. At once irreverent and deeply sincere, this book is a mischievous, multifarious celebration of the power of stories and those who tell them.

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"Beguiling, charming, and giddy with digression, Chevillard' s take on the classic Grimms' fairy tale is a comic gem. Hilariously self-aware and proving the journey is always better than the destination, The Valiant Little Tailor is at once completely modern and at the same time a classic yarn in every sense. "-Mark Haber, author of Reinhardt' s Garden "Here' s Chevillard at his cockeyed keenest, bedeviling the Brothers Grimm with a giddy vengeance. Jordan Stump once again proves a superb chaperone on this deliciously macabre, deliriously digressive, almost irresponsibly imaginative field trip into the bowels of narrative. "-Daniel Levin Becker, author of Many Subtle Channels "As Chevillard reinvents, subverts, and digresses from the Brothers Grimm tale, his wit and wordplay leap into life in Jordan Stump' s breathtaking translation. A book not to be missed by anyone new to Chevillard' s antics, or by his longtime, faithful readers. "-Alyson Waters, translator of Chevillard' s Prehistoric Times "Chevillard takes a Grimms' fairy tale and runs rings around it, torquing and twisting it into new half-shapes. Amusing, maddening, funny, and absurd, this is a new sort of metafiction, like Robert Coover on acid. "-Brian Evenson, author of Song for the Unraveling of the World Praise for Eric Chevillard: "Chevillard [is] one of the bright spots in recent French literature. "-Publishers Weekly "A major talent, a worthy descendant in the Beckett-Bernhard line. "-Darren Reidy, The Believer "Eric Chevillard is one of the few great experimental French writers still writing today. "-Erik Martiny, London Magazine "Beloved for his playful and sharply intelligent fiction, Eric Chevillard is a voice worthy of a global readership. "-Music and Literature
Eric Chevillard (b. 1964) is an award-winning French author of over twenty works of fiction, known for his innovative prose. Jordan Stump is professor of French at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the translator of over thirty works of French fiction.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780300253191
Published: 8 Nov 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 197mm
Width: 127mm
Pages: 200

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