Dominique Fabre

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Dominique Fabre in March 2010

Dominique Fabre (born in Paris in 1960) is a French novelist who focuses "on the lives of individuals on the margins of society." [1]

Books

The Waitress Was New, 2008 (English trans. Jordan Stump, Archipelago Books)
Guys Like Me, 2015 (English, trans. Howard Curtis, New Vessel Press) [2]

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References

  1. Stump, Jordan (translator), Dominique (author), Fabre (2008). The Waitress Was New (La serveuse était nouvelle). Archipelago Books. p. (flap copy). ISBN   978-0-9778576-9-2.{{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Dominique Fabre (2015). Les types comme moi[Guys Like Me]. Curtis, Howard (translator). New Vessel Press. p. (flap copy). ISBN   978-1939931153.