Pascal Quignard Author

Pascal Quignard's novels Le Salon du Wurtemberg and Les Escaliers de Chambord brought him to the attention of a wide audience, and in 2002 he was awarded France's most prestigious literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, for Les ombres errantes. The author of over sixty books, he is widely regarded as one of the most important living writers in French. Chris Turner is a writer and translator who lives in Birmingham, England.