Natasha Lehrer has translated books by Georges Bataille, Robert Desnos, Victor Segalen, Chantal Thomas and the Dalai Lama. Her co-translation of Nathalie Léger’s Suite for Barbara Loden won the 2017 Scott Moncrieff Prize.
“Depicts objects in a stunningly, almost freakishly precise way, coaxing the metaphysical to express itself through the material … In The Year of the Comet, coming of age is not about first love, or the discovery of sexuality, it is rather about the fatefulness of action.”
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The Times Literary Supplement
Natasha Lehrer