Diary: Trials of a Translator
Michael Henry, 19 August 2010
April 1993. In the bookstall at Nice airport I notice a paperback with the title Le Chercheur d’or. It seems to be about a love affair and a search for hidden treasure at the turn of the 20th century. I have never heard of the author, Jean-Marie Le Clézio, but I buy it anyway.
Two days later I put the book down. It is the story of the pursuit by the narrator, Alexis, of his late...