Bye Bye Blondie
The Feminist Press is committed to translating the works of Virginie Despentes and making the books accessible to an American audience. Novels by Despentes will feature cover art by celebrated American illustrator, Molly Crabapple, which will make the books instantly recognizable and tie them together through design. Molly Crabapple has a distinct style, and is a contributing editor for VICE, and has written for publications including The New York Times, Paris Review, and Vanity Fair.
has a woman author and a woman translator, both of who are already very prominent figures in the literature-in-translation community.
Virginie Despentes is a writer, filmmaker, and noted French feminist critic. She is the author of many award-winning books, including King Kong Theory,Apocalypse Baby (winner of the 2010 Prix Renaudot), and the Vernon Subutex trilogy (shortlisted for the 2018 International Booker Prize). She co-directed the screen adaptations of her controversial novels Baise-Moi and Bye Bye Blondie, and served as screenwriter for the adaptation of her novel Pretty Things.
Sian Reynolds has translated many books on French history, including most of the works of Fernand Braudel. Recent translations include fiction by Virginie Despentes, Antonin Varenne and French crime novelist, Fred Vargas. Four Vargas translations have been awarded the Crime Writers’ Association International Dagger (2006, 2007, 2009, 2013). She is professor emerita of French at the University of Stirling, Scotland.
