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		<title>A bit of fun with Babelfish</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glenda Larke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is the blurb on the French edition of The Aware &#8230; as seen by the free online translator: Summary:Braise Sangmêlé had been sworn never not to give the feet to Point-of-Gorth, den of all that the Glorieuses islands count &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://glendalarke.com/2009/12/bit-of-fun-with-babelfish/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>Summary:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Braise Sangmêlé had been sworn never not to give the feet to Point-of-Gorth, den of all that the Glorieuses islands count of desperate, traffickers, swindlers and criminals without faith nor law, ready to kill father and mother for some piécettes.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic;">But the Vigils, which reign as Masters on the archipelago, do not hear it this ear. Ember is the only one with being able to conclude a delicate mission for their account: to bring back most discreetly possible the castenelle one of Cirkase in escape.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic;">Hardly unloaded, Braise realizes that something does not turn out badly: its investigation runs up against the dumbness of the sailors and a worrying odor of magic dyes with carmine seems to stick to least its steps. Because, in addition to being one fighting except par, army of a sword to the exceptional proportions, Braise Sangmêlé have the gift of Perspicacity which enables him to see the magic with work. Though very useful, this talent made of it a target of choice for the wizards of any hair who hardly appreciate that one interferes oneself their projects.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic;">In other words, Braise was still put in dirty cloths…</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span></p>
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		<title>Clairvoyante</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glenda Larke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Clairvoyante is the French title of The Aware, published by J&#8217;ai Lu in large format paperback. (I haven&#8217;t actually seen a copy yet, but my agent has posted a couple, so I hope they will eventually arrive). Over at ActuSf, &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://glendalarke.com/2008/06/clairevoyante/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a class="a2a_button_facebook" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fglendalarke.com%2F2008%2F06%2Fclairevoyante%2F&amp;linkname=Clairvoyante" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fglendalarke.com%2F2008%2F06%2Fclairevoyante%2F&amp;linkname=Clairvoyante" title="Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fglendalarke.com%2F2008%2F06%2Fclairevoyante%2F&#038;title=Clairvoyante" data-a2a-url="https://glendalarke.com/2008/06/clairevoyante/" data-a2a-title="Clairvoyante"></a></p><p class="chapo"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Clairvoyante</span> is the French title of <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The Aware, </span><span>published by J&#8217;ai Lu in large format paperback. </span>(I haven&#8217;t actually seen a copy yet, but my agent has posted a couple, so I hope they will eventually arrive). Over at <a href="http://www.actusf.com/spip/article-5113.html">ActuSf</a>, there is an interview with Thibaud Eliroff who is the J&#8217;ai Lu editor for fantasy.  Interestingly enough, he remarks that fantasy genre is in its infancy in France &#8211; and growing fast.</p>
<p>I like the bit at the end about The Aware which translates (vaguely) as:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" > Behind what appears at first glance to be a mix of thriller, pirate film and humour (who said Monkey Island?) is a portrait of a woman who has not been spared by life, and a scathing critique of U.S. imperialism. <span class="google-src-text" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left;"></span>A book which is fun and challenging at the same time.</p>
<p></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Wow.</span></p>
<p>Below are a couple of extracts.<span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB"><br />Actusf : </span></strong><em><span  lang="EN-GB" style="color:red;">Comment est née l’idée de cette collection de fantasy en grand format et quelle sera sa ligne éditoriale ?</span></em></span></p>
<p  style="font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"><strong>Thibaud Eliroff : </strong>On ne s’est pas assis autour d’une table en se disant : &#8220;<em>Bon, on va faire de la fantasy en grand format, trouvons des textes.</em>&#8221; C’est même plutôt le contraire. Quand vous êtes éditeur, vous tombez parfois sur des romans si bons que vous ne pouvez pas renoncer à les publier. C’est exactement ce qui s’est passé avec les trois auteurs à paraître cette année : Joe Abercrombie, Glenda Larke et Sean McMullen, trois futurs ténors du genre qui nous ont incités à franchir le pas séparant le poche du grand format. Au-delà de ces coups de cœur, notre démarche n’est pas dénuée de sens dans la mesure où J’ai lu a toujours été un pionnier de la fantasy, se spécialisant dans ce domaine très tôt, bien avant le boom que nous connaissons aujourd’hui. Les lecteurs nous font confiance et ont fait de nous les leaders du marché de la fantasy en poche depuis plusieurs années. Il me semble légitime de croire que cette confiance nous suivra sur un autre format, pourvu que nous soyons à même de proposer des textes conformes aux attentes de notre public.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >&#8230;.</span><br /></span></p>
<p  style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>Clairvoyante</strong>, de l’australienne Glenda Larke, nous relate les aventures de Braise Sangmêlé, une femme méprisée pour sa naissance bâtarde, ce qui lui vaut de n’être citoyenne d’aucun des archipels des îles Glorieuses, et la contraint à vivre en permanence dans la clandestinité. Mais dans un monde ou magie carmine et magie sylve s’opposent sans relâche, Braise dispose d’un talent qui vaut cher : la Clairvoyance, ou possibilité de voir la magie, ce dont les représentants des deux camps sont incapables. Elle s’est rendue indispensable à l’un des deux adversaires qui l’emploie en cachette pour traquer ses ennemis sans se salir les mains.</p>
<p>Braise est envoyée en mission à la Pointe-de-Gorth, l’île des laissés pour compte, refuge de tout de ce que les Glorieuses comptent de malfrats et de rebuts. Mais tandis qu’elle mène son enquête, elle se rendra vite compte que quelque chose ne tourne pas rond et qu’elle s’est fourrée dans un guêpier qui la dépasse.<br />Derrière ce qui apparaît de prime abord comme un mélange détonnant de roman noir, de films de pirate et d’humour (qui a dit Monkey Island ?) se dessinent le portrait d’une femme que la vie n’a pas épargnée, ainsi qu’une critique cinglante de l’impérialisme américain. Un livre à la fois fun et ambitieux.</span></p>
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		<title>A French Review of Clairvoyante</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At Khimaira, an online sff magazine, you can read a review in French of Clairvoyante (that is, The Aware in its French translation) by Christophe Sambre. He concludes by saying: En matière de fantasy, par les temps qui courent, trouver &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://glendalarke.com/2008/04/french-review-of-clairvoyante/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>He concludes by saying:</p>
<p><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">En matière de fantasy, par les temps qui courent, trouver une œuvre intelligente, innovante et passionnante à la fois relève du plus risqué des défis… Et pourtant, voici que J’ai Lu, dans sa toute nouvelle collection Fantasy Grand Format, nous gratifie du meilleur et du plus surprenant. Car ce livre, premier opus d’une trilogie qu’on devine bientôt rangée parmi les incontournables, loin de s’embourber dans la vase nauséeuse des poncifs du genre, nous promène sur les îles escarpées d’un univers d’une fabuleuse richesse, où, guidés par des personnages puissants mais aussi fragiles, porteurs de violentes brisures intérieurs et d’une subtile sensualité, le lecteur frémit, sourit et se délecte d’une intrigue sans faille ni lourdeur.</span></span></span> </p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Née au pays des kangourous, Glenda Larke est sans aucun doute l’une des actrices majeures du renouveau de la fantasy… Que voilà une bien bonne nouvelle.</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Which is lovely of him. (Merci, Christophe!)</p>
<p><img decoding="async" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://glendalarke.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/P4040014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188249126638083874" border="0" />And just in case you missed the last bit, my translation is: &#8220;Born in the land of kangaroos, Glenda Larke is without  a doubt one of the major exponents of the renewal* of fantasy<span style="font-style: italic;">&#8230; </span>This is good news indeed.&#8221;</p>
<p>Having just got back from a trip where we had kangaroos bounding out of the bushes bent on mass  suicide &#8211; and possibly homicide and vehicular mayhem as well &#8211; I am inclined to think that, yep, this is indeed a land of kangaroos, as well as good fantasy (heh).</p>
<p>I even got a photograph to prove it.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">*(Possibly referring to the new large format collection of the publisher J&#8217;ai Lu)</span></span></p>
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		<title>Les Iles Glorieuses, Tome 1 : Clairvoyante</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glenda Larke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I put up the cover of the French edition of The Aware, they didn&#8217;t have the blurb on Amazon. Now they do, and I&#8217;ve pasted it below. I haven&#8217;t spoken French since 1994, which is when we left Tunisia, &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://glendalarke.com/2008/02/les-iles-glorieuses-tome-1-clairvoyante/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>I haven&#8217;t spoken French since 1994, which is when we left Tunisia, so my French is a bit shaky. But I <span style="font-style: italic;">think</span> they said that this trilogy has identified me as a rising star of the Antipodes. Wow.</p>
<p>I have a strange reaction to the translation of Blaze Halfbreed, though. Somehow Braise Sangmêlé  sounds &#8211; to my English-attuned but vaguely-French-conversant ears&#8211; like a rare steak. You know, braised mixed blood.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://glendalarke.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/awarefrench2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162283775775469730" border="0" /><b>Présentation de l&#8217;éditeur</b><br />Braise Sangmêlé s&#8217;était juré de ne jamais remettre les pieds à la Pointe-de-Gorth, repaire de tout ce que les îles Glorieuses comptent de désespérés, de trafiquants, d&#8217;escrocs et de criminels sans foi ni loi prêts à tuer père et mère pour quelques setus ou une choppe de bineille. Mais les Vigiles, qui règnent en maîtres sur l&#8217;archipel, ne l&#8217;entendent pas de cette oreille. Braise est la seule à pouvoir mener à bien une mission délicate pour leur compte : ramener le plus discrètement possible la castenelle de Cirkase en fuite. Et on ne lui demande pas son avis. Mais à peine débarquée, braise se rend compte que quelque chose ne tourne pas rond : son enquête se heurte au mutisme des matelots et une odeur inquiétante de magie carmine semble s&#8217;attacher au moindre de ses pas. Car en plus d&#8217;être une combattante hors pair, armée d&#8217;une épée aux proportions exceptionnelles, Braise Sangmêlé possède le don de Clairvoyance qui lui permet de sentir la magie à l&#8217;œuvre. Quoique pratique, ce talent fait d&#8217;elle une cible de choix pour les sorciers de tout poil qui n&#8217;apprécient guère qu&#8217;on se mêlent de leurs projets de domination du monde. Bref, Braise s&#8217;est encore mise dans de sales draps.</p>
<p>    <b>Biographie de l&#8217;auteur</b><br />GLENDA LARKE. Elle est née au pays des kangourous mais vit en Malaisie. Bien plus ambitieuse qu&#8217;elle n&#8217;y paraît de prime abord, la trilogie des îles Glorieuses l&#8217;a consacrée comme une des étoiles montantes de la fantasy des antipodes.</p>
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