Par instants, le sol penche bizarrement

Synopsis of Par instants, le sol penche bizarrement

«Par instants, le sol penche bizarrement» is the essay by translator Nicolas Richard, published by Robert Laffont in paperback (486 pages, in French).

Literary translator Nicolas Richard celebrates in these notebooks the artisanal craft of translation: each text raises questions and wonder before language and literature. He offers a selection of enigmas from his career, with amusing exchanges with authors, and invites the reader to question, doubt, investigate, and enjoy.

With the subtitle «Carnets d'un traducteur», the book was published in 2021. Nicolas Richard has translated from English into French since the 1990s and is also the author of La Dissipation (Inculte, 2018).

For readers interested in the craft of translation and the intricacies of language, both those who translate and those who love literature.