My Favourite
Sarah Jollien-Fardel
Winner of a 2024 English PEN Award
“Above all, these are staggeringly good works of literature by staggeringly good writers and translators.”
Will Forrester, English PEN
Love Me Tender
Constance Debré
“A book unlike any other, destined to become a classic of its kind.” Maggie Nelson
“This is exhilirating.”
Eileen Myles
Alma:
The Wind Rises
Timothée de Fombelle
Nominated for a Carnegie Medal
“Vivid and exact … delightfully precise.”
M.T. Anderson, The New York Times
Selected reviews
“Holly James’s translation must be highly commended for its exceptional preservation of the story’s emotional and cultural nuances. Her translation goes beyond linguistic accuracy, capturing the rhythm and intensity of Jollien-Fardel’s writing with extraordinary fidelity.”
Sian Dennis, Nb. Magazine (My Favourite by Sarah Jollien-Fardel)
“…rendered by Holly James into an English that is at once cavernous and concise.”
Anahid Nersessian, The New York Review (Play Boy by Constance Debré)
“…admirably translated by Holly James”
Claire Messud, Harper’s Magazine (Love Me Tender by Constance Debré)