From the translator: Imaginal is a made-up French word. It contains pieces from the words “imagination”, “magic” and “Epinal”. And Epinal is a town in the no...

Are you already familiar with the Jean brothers from the previous books in the “Adventures of a Family from Cherbourg” series? Then you know for sure: when t...

Ring! Dzy-y-yn! Anyone would wake up to the eerie ringing of twelve alarm clocks, but not Magnus Million! This red-haired guy suffers from sleeping sickness,...

Run, Mimsy Pocket, run! Hide, disappear, dissolve in the darkness - you know how to do it better than anyone. Once you find yourself in an unfamiliar place, ...

Summer has come, which means that our good friends - the Zhan brothers and their parents - are waiting for new adventures. Summer menu: moving from his nativ...

Have you ever eaten an omelet with sugar? It's very easy to prepare! Recipe: Take a family with five sons, add another baby, a turtle, a guinea pig and a han...

The collection, which represents an interesting and original genre of French literature, includes works by C. Perot, M. d'Aunoy, A. Hamilton and other author...

Moving through a variety of locales and adventures, The Truth about Marie revisits the unnamed narrator of Toussaint’s acclaimed Running Away, reporting o...

In Self-Portrait Abroad, our narrator — a Belgian author much like Toussaint himself — travels the globe, finding the mundane blended everywhere with the ...

"A little thing happened to me. Which could have just as easily happened to you. You re on vacation in a hotel with your son in a small village and you re...

How often when asked: what are you thinking about, we answer: yes, nothing. And to the question: what did you do last night - yes, it seems, nothing special....

Poetic miniatures with philosophical overtones by Anne-Lou Steininger (1963) translated from French by Natalia Mavlevich. “Collector of Illusions” by Rose-Ma...