{"id":63608,"date":"2024-03-30T02:58:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T02:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/?p=63608"},"modified":"2024-03-27T18:06:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T18:06:43","slug":"new-book-selection-de-lettres-1927-1929","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2024\/03\/30\/new-book-selection-de-lettres-1927-1929\/","title":{"rendered":"New book: Selection de lettres (1927-1929)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fabula<\/em> reports the publication of Selection de lettres (1927-1929)<\/a><\/em> in France. 86 Lovecraft letters newly translated into French for the first time, in a volume of over 400 pages. The Amazon UK listing has it as published with 600 pages<\/a> and a hundred letters. So I’m guessing there may have been a truncation of the volume, so as to meet publishing schedules? Anyway, a vital chunk of Lovecraft’s letters, now available in French.<\/p>\n

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AI cover illustration, by the look of it, with no-one bothering to Photoshop it a little to remove the tall-tale signs. I’ve nothing against well-done AI images, but part of the process really should be a final pass by a human with Photoshop.<\/p>\n

I assume these 82 letters don’t overlap with those in a book by another translator, Lettres de 1929: Juillet a Decembre<\/a><\/em> published in 2021…<\/p>\n

This collection offers us, in a quality translation, a selection of thirty letters written between July and December 1929, absolutely unpublished in French. Together with a very useful “glossary” of almost 50 pages, to help the French reader understand the numerous references found in these letters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Incidentally, I believe Lovecraft’s translated tales first appeared in French in 1954? Which would make 2024 the 70th anniversary of the French discovery of Lovecraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fabula reports the publication of Selection de lettres (1927-1929) in France. 86 Lovecraft letters newly translated into French for the …<\/p>\n

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