Fiction
An Evening of Flaubert: The Arion Press Edition of Bouvard and Pécuchet
Sep 12, 2016
1802 Hays Street, San Francisco, CA, United States1802 Hays Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
Arion Press | 1802 Hays Street | The Presidio| San Francisco, CA
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Celebrating a limited edition of Gustave Flaubert’s Bouvard and Pécuchet(opens in a new tab), published by San Francisco’s celebrated Arion Press(opens in a new tab). Featuring a talk by translator Mark Polizzotti and a chance to see the book, this was an event for lovers of translation and fine bookmaking alike.
Translator
Mark Polizzotti
Mark Polizzotti is an award-winning translator and the biographer of André Breton. He has translated more than thirty books from the French, and is editor-in-chief of the book publishing program at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. San Francisco’s Arion Press published a limited edition of his translation of Gustave Flaubert’s Bouvard and Pécuchet in 2016, and his translation of Nobel Prize–winner Patrick Modiano’s The Black Notebooks was published in September 2016.