Lit in Translation

Marente de Moor

Born 1972 · Netherlands

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    Libris 2014 · Shortlist

    Roundhay, tuinscène

    Title translated by AI:“Roundhay, Garden Scene”

    Marente de Moor · 41 when first published

    Novel · 336 pages · Historical

    AI-generated summary:Valéry Barre, the forgotten inventor of moving pictures, takes the train from Dijon to Paris to say goodbye to a photographer friend before emigrating to America. Halfway, he leaves the train at a rural station and checks into an asylum.