Re: RARA-AVIS: Charyn

From: Robert Centor ( rcentor@yahoo.com)
Date: 26 Oct 2000


--- Steve Novak < cinefrog@mediaone.net> wrote:
> on 10/26/00 5:17, Nathalie M觥 at nmege@club-internet.fr wrote:
>
> > Charyn published an excellent graphic novel (in French) with comic
> > artist Loustal, called "White Sonya". An excellent hb story of a
> woman's
> > revenge devoid of the lyrical aspects of Charyn's style (that
> usually
> > bore me, i must confess).
> >
> > I think Charyn lives in France -- he wrote some original stuff in
> French
> > during the last 10 years.
> >
> > NM
> >
> >>> Can anyone provide information on writer Jerome Charyn? Is he
> still
> >>> around?
> >>>
> >>> David Honeybone
>
> go to http://w1.neuronnexion.fr/~bthierry/lecoindupolar/frame01.htm
> this is the site of the best web site ever and anywhere about Le
> Polar (i.e.
> the Mystery Novel)...this site is in French but will provide you with
> the
> most intelligent and pertinent analysis and the most exhaustive
> research on
> any genre of the larger spectrum called "mystery novel" and you will
> find
> also many extremely useful links...many in english of course and any
> info on
> any author you wish including Jerome Charyn, who lives in France and
> publishes a lot there and not only Mysteries....but also comic books
> (as
> someone mentioned) and also has become somehow an authority on the US
> and is
> asked for comments on politics or socio-eco US life by newpaperss
> such as
> Lib鲡tion or the Herald Tribune in Paris...
>
> Also the Mystery Guide (in English and excellent too) has him in its
> roster...I just checked...
>
> If you want to know everything available from him from a french
> internet
> 'store' (and they will list you everything available in any major
> language)
> go to www.alapage.com
> it is an excellent store with a great reputation for things like
> books and
> cd's...and searching helps one find out what has been published in
> his case
> on both sides of the big pond...and sometimes these publications are
> not the
> same...i use it often to check on what has been published abroad by
> US
> authors and they sometimes publish in Euro some things that are not
> published here...since interests and sensibilities are, especially in
> the
> field of 'Murder Mysteries' very different. In that respect Charyn
> has
> always been a US star in France and is recognized as a litterary
> entity,
> when he's at best marginal here in the States...
>
> Steve ....le Montois de D鴲oit
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