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A thought-provoking essay by French activist Amandine Gay

Le Monte-charge culturel is very proud to represent the World English Rights of Amandine Gay’s debut essay A chocolate doll, published in September 2021 in France (La Découverte) and in Québec (Editions Remue-ménage).  With a background in politics and sociology, Amandine Gay delivers a substantial political analysis of transracial and transnational adoption. Drawing on tools from …

Le Souffle de l’Harmattan: English rights sold to Archipelago

« A fresh little novel, teeming with life, of uncommon strength, to be situated somewhere between Emile Ajar and Réjean Ducharme. » Gilles Marcotte, L’actualité « Put this book on your rereading or reading list, along with L’éducation sentimentale de Flaubert. » Pierre Yergeau, writer « What a beautiful story! And what a fervor… This first novel is a beautiful bouquet of emotions, sometimes serious and sometimes cheerful, composed with constant care.» Réginald Martel, La Presse Le souffle de l’harmattan (Les Allusifs, 2002) is the story of a chosen brotherhood shaped by shared dreams. Habéké Axoum, a young …

Our FBF’s catalogue is available!

We will be in Frankfurt from October 18th to 21st and more than happy to meet! To schedule an appointment or find out more about our latest titles send us an email (sarah@montechargeculturel.com) and you can already download our Highlights’s catalogue.

Omar Khalifah is joining the agency

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 published in France in August

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, …

A documentary on Giosuè Calaciura on French TV

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’s latest novel published by Le Seuil

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 …

Sophie Divry’s latest essay published in Italy

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 …

La petite dernière abroad and on the big screen

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 …

Sara Bourre’s first novel

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.

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