ATD at the Frankfurter Buchmesse

[pynchonoid]

A bidding war for The Furies (Les Bienveillantes) may
be shaping up in the US, English rights haven't been
sold yet, I don't think, but given the publicity and
sales of the French version, the price will be large.

--- Michel Ryckx <mryc2903 at yahoo.fr> wrote:

> My paper tells me today that the ATD translation
> rights in Dutch (20 
> million native speakers) have been sold at the
> Buchmesse -amount 
> unknown.  V. and M&D remain untranslated, GR and
> COL49 ended up in 
> outlet stores.   Compared to Greece (12 million
> native speakers): they 
> translate everything, of which Giorgos K. can
> testify... makes me jealous.
> 
> Same article mentions that the new Pamuk caused
> literally a fight 
> between 2 Spanish publishers.
> 
> Rights for Les Bienveillantes in Dutch: 80,000 euro
> --indicating they 
> expect a VERY huge seller.
> 
> What about other languages?
> 
> Michel.
> 
> 
> 
> 	

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