Daughters Beyond Command

A family chronicle, and that of an era, from May 1968 to the 1980s: passionate, heartfelt and profound.

About the author

Véronique Olmi was born in 1962 in Nice and now lives in Paris. She is an acclaimed French dramatist and her twelve plays have won numerous awards. Olmi won the Prix Alain-Fournier emerging artist award for her 2001 novella Bord de Mer. It has since been translated into all major European languages. 

Alison Anderson spent many years in California; she now lives in a Swiss village and works as a literary translator. Her translations include The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, and works by Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio. She has also written two previous novels and is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literary Translation Fellowship.

Summary

A family chronicle, and that of an era, from May 1968 to the 1980s: passionate, heartfelt and profound.

Product details

• Authors: Veronique Olmi, Véronique Olmi
• Assisted by: Alison Anderson (Translation)
• Publisher: Europa Editions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2022
• EAN: 9781787704039
• ISBN: 978-1-78770-403-9
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction, FICTION / World Literature / France / 20th Century