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David Bellos is the director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton University, where he is also a professor of French and comparative literature. He has won many awards for his translations of Georges Perec, Ismail Kadare, and others, including the Man Booker International Translator’s Award. He also received the Prix Goncourt for George Perec: A Life in Words.


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Is That a Fish in Your Ear?...
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions
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Balzac: Old Goriot
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions
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Georges Perec: A Life in Words
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions
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Jacques Tati: His life and art
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions
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Romain Gary
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010
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Life, a User's Manual
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4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 1,440 ratings — published 1978 — 33 editions
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3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008
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Myth and Legend in French L...
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W, or the Memory of Childhood
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 424 ratings — published 1975 — 14 editions
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Balzac Criticism In France,...
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“The difference between a translation and an original is not of the same order as the difference between powdered and steamed coffee.”
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