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Sam Taylor

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Sam Taylor is a British novelist and an award-winning literary translator. His translations include the works of Laurent Binet, Leïla Slimani, Riad Sattouf, Maylis de Kerangal and Antonin Varenne. His first translation of Laurent Binet's HHhH (Harvill Secker, 2012) was shortlisted for three awards, including the 2012 French-American Translation Prize, and his translation of Hubert Mingarelli's A Meal in Winter was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.

Sam Taylor Books

I'll Take the Fire book cover

I'll Take the Fire

Leila Slimani
The Summer Boy book cover

The Summer Boy

Philippe Besson
Kafkaesque book cover

Kafkaesque

Maïa Hruska
The Martins book cover

The Martins

David Foenkinos
Four Soldiers book cover

Four Soldiers

Hubert Mingarelli
The Hour of the Predator book cover

The Hour of the Predator

Giuliano da Empoli
Special Envoy book cover

Special Envoy

Jean Echenoz
Dancefloor book cover

Dancefloor

Victor Jestin
Saved Too Late book cover

Saved Too Late

Sam Taylor
Perspective(s) book cover

Perspective(s)

Laurent Binet
Connemara book cover

Connemara

Nicolas Mathieu
Beyond the Door of No Return book cover

Beyond the Door of No Return

David Diop
Watch Us Dance book cover

Watch Us Dance

Leila Slimani
The Scent of Flowers at Night book cover

The Scent of Flowers at Night

Leïla Slimani
Picasso the Foreigner book cover

Picasso the Foreigner

Annie Cohen-Solal
The Double Mother book cover

The Double Mother

Michel Bussi
Good Reasons to Die book cover

Good Reasons to Die

Morgan Audic
Rose Royal book cover

Rose Royal

Nicolas Mathieu
Civilizations book cover

Civilizations

Laurent Binet
The Ghost of Frederic Chopin book cover

The Ghost of Frederic Chopin

Eric Faye
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