Pierre Senges in review
For my own reference and for the sake of readers wanting to explore the work of Pierre Senges in English, I am collecting here the links to reviews of his books that have appeared over the years. The links to the English publisher will take you to the product pages for each book.
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The Major Refutation: English version of Refutatio major, attributed to Antonio de Guevara (1480–1545). Original publication by Verticales, 2004. Translation by Jacob Siefring published by Contra Mundum Press, Dec. 2016.
Review (Nov. 17, 2017) by Robert Minto.
Review (“Truth, lies and wild allegations,” Mar. 28, 2017) by Joseph Schreiber at Rough Ghosts.
Review (undated) by The Modern Novel.
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Geometry in the Dust. With twenty-seven drawings by Killoffer. Original publication by Verticales, 2004. Translation by Jacob Siefring published by Inside the Castle, Apr. 2019.
Review (“The theatre of the desert,” Jan. 9, 2020) by Joseph Schreiber at Rough Ghosts.
Review (Nov. 2020) by Nicholas Birns at Hyperion 13.1.
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Fragments of Lichtenberg. Original publication by Verticales, 2008. Translation by Gregory Flanders published by Dalkey Archive, Jan. 2017.
Review (Aug. 3, 2015) by M.A. Orthofer at The Complete Review.
Review (undated) by The Modern Novel.
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The Adventures of Percival: A Phylogenetic Tale. Edited by Daniele Rivière. Illustrations by Nicolas de Crécy. Simultaneously published in French and English editions by Dis Voir, Oct. 2009. Translation by Dominique Lestel and Alain Richert.
To my knowledge no reviews of this book have appeared, excepting some brief commentaries at Goodreads.
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Studies of Silhouettes. Original publication by Verticales, 2010. Translation by Jacob Siefring published by Sublunary Editions, Nov. 2020.
Review (“Pierre Senges’s Silhouettes of Kafka: Dim Light Is Best,” Mar. 2021) by Alina Stefanescu.
Review (Nov. 29, 2021) by Nathan Modlin at Chicago Review.
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Falstaff: Apotheosis. Original publication by the Quebec-based journal les écrits 134, March 2012. Translation by Jacob Siefring published by Sublunary Editions, Nov. 2019.
Review (“The theatre of the desert,” Jan. 9, 2020) by Joseph Schreiber at Rough Ghosts.
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Ahab (Sequels). Original publication by Verticales, 2016. Co-translation by Jacob Siefring and Tegan Raleigh published by Contra Mundum Press, Nov. 2021.
Review (Oct. 10, 2021) by M.A. Orthofer at The Complete Review.
Review (“The Hunted: Pierre Senges and the novel of aesthetic sabotage,” Jun. 29, 2022) by Ryan Ruby at The Nation.
Review (“Whale of a tale? Or Albatross?”) by REYoung at Exacting Clam.
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Rabelais’s Doughnuts: Selected Short Writings. Seven essayistic fictions not previously collected in French. Translation by Jacob Siefring published by Sublunary Editions, Feb. 2022.
Review (“Seven slightly vain exercises in style,” May 31, 2022) by Joseph Schreiber at Rough Ghosts.
Review (Sep. 2022) by Erik Martiny at World Literature Today.