We are happy to announce that Omar Khalifah is joining the Monte-charge culturel. Of Palestinian background, Omar Khalifah grew up in Jordan. He holds a PhD from Columbia University, and currently teaches Arabic literature and culture at Georgetown University’s Qatar campus. His previous publications include Nasser in the Egyptian Imaginary (Edinburgh University Press, 2017) and … →
Giosuè Calaciura’s latest novel, Io sono Gesù (Sellerio, 2021), will be published in August by Notabilia. Translated by Lise Chapuis, the novel was already a winner of the Premio Stresa and the Premio Racalmare-Sciascia when it was published in Italy. It is to be published in Germany (Converso) and Spain (Editorial Periférica). With this book, … →
The sicilian author Giosuè Calaciura was the subject of an episode of the literary series Libraria, on national french TV. His portrait in images, accompanied by comments on the genesis of his novels Malacarne (Baldini+Castoldi, 1998; Sellerio editore, 2022) and Borgo Vecchio (Sellerio, 2017), traces the writer’s journey. All along, the native land, Sicily and … →
Sophie Divry continues to explore literary forms and genres. Her next book, Fantastique histoire d’amour, is a popular novel conceived as a serial, mixed with fantasy, a love story set in the backdrop of contemporary France. It will be published by Le Seuil. The writer talks about the genesis of the novel: “One day when I was in residency in … →
Cinq mains coupées (Seuil, 2021) was released in Italy on April 13 by Luca Sossela editore, translated by Giorgia Tolfo. In this essay, Sophie Divry pur together in a single chorus the words of five demonstrators mutilated by the police during the yellow vest movement. Their stories, similar and distinct, paint a portrait of a troubled France. Foreign … →
Fatima Daas’ first novel is now translated into nine languages. Latest publications this month in Denmark by Grif, translated by Sofie Vestergaard Jørgensen, and in Brazil by Bazar do Tempo. The writer also continues her promotional tour. After Germany, she traveled to New York, where she spoke at the Pen World Voices Festival alongside the American author Tanaïs. She … →
A literary agency founded by a Quebecois, associated with a French-Italian and that defends French, Italian or Serbian writers, Le Monte-charge culturel is definitely international ! We are very happy to announce that we now collaborate with Deborah Druba Agency for Dutch and Hebrew rights, Grayhawk Agency for China and Taiwan and So Far So Good agency for Scandinavia, Iceland, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Maman, la nuit, Sara Bourre’s first novel, will be published by Notabilia in 2023. It is an evanescent story at the height of a child, where the narrator recounts her daily life with her mother in an isolated house on the edge of a lake. A dull threat rumbles, it comes from the surrounding nature and the men who inhabit it. A highly poetic text that borrows from the darkness of children’s stories.
Le bouclier de Marie, the non-fiction by debut-novelist Marie Rebour, will be published by Philippe Rey Editions in January 2023. This intimate testimony sheds a new light on traumatic amnesia and the long road to recovery. Foreign rights are available.