His chefdoeuvre. A bolt of lightning.Le Monde An astonishinglyrich mythic new direction in modern French narrative.Guy DavenportMichon demonstrates the independ... » 

His chefdoeuvre. A bolt of lightning.Le Monde An astonishinglyrich mythic new direction in modern French narrative.Guy DavenportMichon demonstrates the independence of voice that marks a true writer. . .. His supple prose dappled with chiaroscuro effects is used in straightforward chronicles. But his writing can at any time lift or lower into semihallucinatory effects that recall Arthur Rimbauds assaults on conventionalperception.Roger Shattuck The New York Review of Books The emotion theforceful claims of the imagery the painting of the starry night Mr. Michonachieves what other writers wouldnt try licensed as he is by keen regret andtransfigured loss. More than other writers Mr. Michon misses the poetry of thepast and in missing it he possesses it.Benjamin Lytal The New York SunIn Lives Under Glass recipient of the Prix France Culture Pierre Michonpaints portraits of eight inspiring individuals living in his native village ofCreuse. In this evocative poetic narrative the quest to breathe life into thestories of these individuals becomes an exploration of Michons own voice andmemory. Born in 1945 in the Creuse region of France Pierre Michon attendeduniversity at ClermontFerrand and wrote his Masters thesis on Antonin Artaud.He has received the Grand Prix SGDL de literature 2004 the Prix Decembre2002 the Prix Louis Guilloux 1997 and the Prix de la Ville de Paris1996. Jody Gladding is a translator and poet. Her translations includeJean Gionos The Serpent of Stars Archipelago Books among others and herStone Crop appeared in the Yale Younger Poets Series. She is the recipient of aWhiting Writers Award in poetry. Gladding has a collection of poetryforthcoming from Milkweed Editions. «