Frank Wynne

Oct 8, 2024 | nytimes.com | Frank Wynne

COMRADE PAPA, by GauZ'. Translated by Frank Wynne. "Comrade Papa" - the second novel by the pseudonymous Ivorian author and newspaper editor GauZ', published in France in 2018 and newly translated by Frank Wynne - alternates in setting between 19th-century colonial Ivory Coast and 1970s Amsterdam.

Oct 5, 2024 | bookreporter.com | Pedro Almodóvar |Frank Wynne

At the Venice Film Festival in September, Pedro Almodóvar received an 18-minute standing ovation for his first English-language film, The Room Next Door, starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton. His storied career takes a new turn with the arrival of his first book of stories --- some are personal and comic, while others are fables and a little gothic fiction. Almodóvar is all over the map when it comes to his inspirations and his subjects, but the most fascinating one is himself.

Sep 19, 2024 | thefreelibrary.com | Frank Wynne

By Pedro Almodovar Translated by Frank WynneSHORT STORIESIn a career spanning more than five decades, writer and director Pedro Almodovar has established himself as an endlessly versatile storyteller and a true emotional explorer. Whether he's examining wrinkles in the nature of human sexuality or probing motherhood in its many forms, Almodovar always manages to reveal kernels of compelling, often surprising, truth.

Sep 16, 2024 | newspub.live | Pedro Almodóvar |Frank Wynne

Fall Preview BooksThe Last DreamBy Pedro Almodóvar, translated by Frank WynneHarperVia: 240 pages, $26If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. When Pedro Almodóvar was a young boy, his mother would read and translate letters for their illiterate neighbors. One day, Almodóvar discovered that his mother was embellishing, even fabricating, what was in them.

Oct 3, 2023 | bookshop.org | Frank Wynne

(Author) (Translator) FORMAT Paperback$16.95$15.76(English) Buy new or used from an indie through our partner Biblio: Price Condition Seller Shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize - One of The Walrus' Best Fall Books of 2023A funny, fast-paced, and poignant take on Franco-African history, as told through the eyes of three African security guards in Paris.