VLB \u00e9diteur have published MARTIN JOHN in French in Qu\u00e8bec! The extraordinary translation was executed by genius Marie Frankland. Merci mille fois \u00e0 Marie et Annie Goulet (editor) for their passion for language, exquisite attention to detail therein and for the massive amount of hours they put in. It was delightful and inspiring to collaborate with them. Merci aussi a Marie-Jos\u00e9e Martel (relationniste) for her hard work publicising the translation. I really love the cover of this edition. It is a very 1970’s orange.<\/p>\n
I did several interviews in the francophone media. Deep gratitude to Manon Dumais of Le Devoir who interviewed me <\/a>in Montreal and Val\u00e9rie Lessard of Le Droit for this interview<\/a> and piece which was published in Le Droit (Ottawa) and Le Soleil (Qu\u00e9bec City) last month. I appreciated how thoughtful both journalists were and how they engaged in discussions about the form of the novel when considering the work.<\/p>\n \u00ab\u00a0Le roman est enti\u00e8rement con\u00e7u comme une boucle. Dans la maladie mentale comme dans les cas d\u2019agressions sexuelles, les gens sont pris dans des cycles\u00a0; les pr\u00e9dateurs sexuels sont des r\u00e9cidivistes qui c\u00e8dent \u00e0 l\u2019urgence de leurs pulsions. C\u2019\u00e9tait n\u00e9cessaire que la forme corresponde aux difficiles questions philosophiques que je pose et auxquelles je ne veux pas r\u00e9pondre. Je veux amener le lecteur \u00e0 affronter sur la page ce qu\u2019il ne veut pas affronter dans la r\u00e9alit\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb<\/i>,<\/p>\n