Black Coat Press has just published translations of two of Louise Michel’s utopian novels, The Human Microbes (1887) and The New World (1888). They were part of a projected 6-volume science-fiction series. Brian Stableford, who also translated a collection of Han Ryner’s stories, The Superhumans, and who is well-known as a prolific author and translator, did the translations. I’ve read parts of The Human Microbes in French, and it’s a wild ride. I’m putting my order in for these two volumes right away.
Saint Ravachol
Louise Michel, Today or Tomorrow (1892)
Today or Tomorrow. Louise Michel Everything is good that strikes or stings. So much the better if these bandits have finished their work. The scaffold has started the party, and the fire will beat its […]
Working Translations
Louise Michel, “Old Abraël” (1888)
[ezcol_1half] OLD ABRAEL: A LEGEND OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY The twentieth century was going to end. The nations, cramped in cold Europe, had spread widely across the globe. Everywhere new cities were raised, young peoples […]
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Here he comes, to save the day…
I’ve been reading bits and pieces of Louise Michel’s novels, as part of a larger project to get a general sense of what’s out there, and naturally with some eye to what might be worth […]