“With a strong talent for comedy, Fabienne Betting puts forth a variety of themes \u2013 life in a couple, the world of books, contemporary environmental issues \u2013 while we have fun with her likable, misguided protagonist\u2019s run of bad luck.”
\u2014Livres Hebdo<\/b><\/p>\n
“What a pleasure to read a first novel that is as funny as it is zany.”
\u2014Version f\u00e9mina<\/b><\/p>\n
“Run to discover this novel”
\u2014Elle<\/b><\/p>\n
Thomas thought he could translate from Mesmanian into French, but he was wrong\u2026But that didn\u2019t stop him from publishing a bestselling novel!<\/b><\/p>\n
In this clever comedy, Thomas, a twenty-something slacker, finds work translating a novel from Mesmenian into French. Except he doesn\u2019t really understand Mesmenian as well as he thought. He quickly dropped out of his university course once he realized that his beautiful Mesmenian professor wouldn\u2019t give him the time of day.<\/p>\n
Because Thomas has such difficulties with the translation, he writes what he thinks the novel might be, and manages to craft some very unusual sentences. When readers search for books on Mesmenia because of recent current events there, Thomas\u2019s novel about this tiny country wedged between Estonia and Russia becomes a major bestseller even if it doesn\u2019t always make sense. And for some unknown reason, he is credited as both the translator and the author.<\/p>\n
So when the beautiful Mesmenian professor comes back into Thomas\u2019s life just as he becomes so successful her intentions may not be genuine. But what Thomas is really worried about is whether the real author of “Rural Life in Mesmenia” will come forward.<\/p>\n
Fabienne Betting<\/b>, born in in 1962, works in 3D medical imaging. This is her first novel<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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