Cyrille Martinez is a novelist and poet. He lives in Paris, where he is a librarian of French and comparative literature at the Sorbonne. He has published seven books, some of which have been adapted for theatre, and has done a number of readings in France and abroad. The Dark Library is his second book translated into English. Joseph Patrick Stancil has studied French and translation at UNC-Chapel Hill and New York University. He currently lives and works in New York City.
"French writer and librarian Martinez explores the purpose of
libraries amid sweeping societal changes in this whimsical novel.
... satire with wit and quirky characters. This will delight fans
of absurdist fiction." -Publishers Weekly
"The caustic and often hilarious story of the misadventures of a
library, all the concerns and issues facing the professions ... The
fantastic with a hint of irony of Cyrille Martinez's writing is
reminiscent of Marcel Ayme." -Livres Hebdo
"Over a documentary base that it itself worth reading, he composes
a passionate fiction, almost fantastic, showing the defeat of the
printed word by the digital." -L'Humanite
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