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.
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 […]
Bakunin Library
Louise Michel, “Nadine”
NADINE by Louise Michel CHARACTERS Michel Bakunin. The Prince. Serge, his aide de camp. The Count Toscof, exile, father of Serge. Patelski. Belly. Miérolowski. Jacques Széla, patriot. Alexander Herzen. Count Wodzicki. Wolf, banker. Kokoski, police […]
poetry
Louise Michel, “Memories of Caledonia” (1887)
[A Final Thought]