Christophe Bataille lives in France. His first novel, Annam, was published to critical acclaim when Bataille was only twenty-one years old and won for its author France's prestigious Prix du Premier Roman. Of his three previous novels, Annam and Hourmaster have been translated into English by the poet Richard Howard, who is also known for his translations of Camus, Foucault, Barthes, and others.
"[T]his is a story to turn in the light of reflection like a glass
of cordial in lamplight." --Booklist
"A famous lineage of devoted artists--among others, Manet,
Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Picasso, and Hemingway--have sought to record
the numbingly delicious effects of the drink. Christophe Bataille
enters their ranks, offering an elegant, though modest,
contribution to the genre, a quietly reverent study of the demise
of a lost potion." --Village Voice
"A splendid little allegory of the conflict between folkways and
modern society--with an exactly appropriate bitter aftertaste."
--Kirkus Reviews
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