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.
Anarchist Beginnings
Louise Michel, “Why we are Anarchists” (1891)
We are Anarchists because it is absolutely impossible to obtain justice for all in any other way than by destroying institutions founded on force and privilege. We cannot believe that improvement is possible, if we […]
Louise Michel
Travels in the Louiseverse
TEXTS: “Why We are Anarchists” — 1891 “Why I am an Anarchist” — 1896 TRANSLATIONS: The Claque-Dents (in progress) Prologue (FR/EN) Chapter I (FR/EN) Chapter II (FR/EN) Chapter III (FR/EN) Chapters IV-VI “The Clavier of […]
Working Translations
Louise Michel, “Old Abraël” (1888)
LE VIEIL ABRAEL LEGENDE DU VINGTIEME SIECLE Le vingtième siècle allait finir. Les nations, à l’étroit dans le froide Europe, avaient largement essaimé sur le globe. Partout s’élevaient de nouvelles villes, grandissaient de jeunes peuples, […]