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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

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
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 Double Mother book cover

The Double Mother

Michel Bussi
The Ghost of Frederic Chopin book cover

The Ghost of Frederic Chopin

Eric Faye
In the Country of Others book cover

In the Country of Others

Leila Slimani
Central Park book cover

Central Park

Guillaume Musso
We Are the Fire book cover

We Are the Fire

Sam Taylor
The Mystery of Henri Pick book cover

The Mystery of Henri Pick

David Foenkinos
After the War book cover

After the War

Hervé Le Corre
The Cook book cover

The Cook

Maylis de Kerangal
Equator book cover

Equator

Antonin Varenne
Adèle book cover

Adèle

Leila Slimani
Don't Let Go book cover

Don't Let Go

Michel Bussi
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