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Monday, November 04, 2019

Radical French Novels Welcomed to German Stages

The New York Times: Some of France’s most provocative recent fiction has found an enthusiastic audience in Germany, where theatermakers are fond of bringing contemporary international literature, much of it challenging, to the stage. Munich has hosted one of the most formidable of these efforts: A trilogy of novels by Virginie Despentes that paints a riotous portrait of contemporary French life has been adapted into “The Life of Vernon Subutex” at the Kammerspiele, the city’s most envelope-pushing theater.

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