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David Homel

David Homel was born in Chicago in 1952 and left that city in 1970 for Paris, living in Europe the next few years on odd jobs and odder couches. He has published eight novels, from Electrical Storms in 1988 to The Teardown, which won the Paragraph Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction in 2019. He has also written young adult fiction with Marie-Louise Gay, directed documentary films, worked in TV production, been a literary translator, journalist, and creative writing teacher. He has translated four books for Linda Leith Publishing: Bitter Roase (2015), (2016), Nan Goldin: The Warrior Medusa (2017) and Taximan (2018). Lunging into the Underbrush is his first book of non-fiction. He lives in Montreal.

Books by David Homel

The Tooth Fairy Goes on a Mission!

My Amazing Heroes

by (author) Carolyn Chouinard
illustrated by Sabrina Gendron
translated by David Homel

The Wolf Who Wanted to Master His Emotions

My Amazing Heroes

by (author) Orianne Lallemand
illustrated by Éléonore Thuillier
translated by David Homel

The Wolf Who Wanted to Be a Superhero

My Amazing Heroes

by (author) Orianne Lallemand
illustrated by Éléonore Thuillier
translated by David Homel

40 Men and 12 Rifles

Indochina 1954

by (author) Marcelino Truong
translated by David Homel

How Did I Get Here?

A Writer's Education

by (author) David Homel

Black and Blue

Jazz Stories

by (author) Stanley Péan
translated by David Homel

A House Without Spirits

by (author) David Homel

Falling Shadows

by (author) Christian Guay-Poliquin
translated by David Homel

Not Everybody Lives the Same Way

A Novel

by (author) Jean-Paul Dubois
translated by David Homel

Travels in Cuba

illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay
by (author) David Homel

Lunging into the Underbrush

A Life Lived Backward

by (author) David Homel

The Lily Pad and the Spider

by (author) Claire Legendre
translated by David Homel

Ciel

by (author) Sophie Labelle
translated by David Homel

The Rat People

A Journey through Beijing's Forbidden Underground

by (author) Patrick Saint-Paul
translated by David Homel

Swimming in Darkness

by (author) Lucas Harari
translated by David Homel

The Weight of Snow

by (author) Christian Guay-Poliquin
translated by David Homel

The Teardown

by (author) David Homel

Teardown, The

by (author) David Homel

Taximan

Stories and Anecdotes from the Back Seat

by (author) Stanley Péan
translated by David Homel

The Green Chamber

by (author) Martine Desjardins
translated by Fred A. Reed & David Homel

Body Music

by (author) Jul Maroh
translated by David Homel

Saigon Calling

London 1963-75

by (author) Marcelino Truong
translated by David Homel

Zora, A Cruel Tale

by (author) Philippe Arseneault
translated by Fred A. Reed & David Homel

The Travels with My Family Bundle

by (author) Marie-Louise Gay & David Homel

Such a Lovely Little War

Saigon, 1961-63

by (author) Marcelino Truong
translated by David Homel

The Case of Alan Turing

The Extraordinary and Tragic Story of the Legendary Codebreaker

by (author) Eric Liberge & Arnaud Delalande
translated by David Homel

Suite Francaise: Storm in June

A Graphic Novel

by (author) Emmanuel Moynot
translated by David Homel

Foucault against Himself

edited by Francois Caillat
translated by David Homel

Bitter Rose

by (author) Martine Delvaux
translated by David Homel

The Traveling Circus

illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay
by (author) David Homel

Skandalon

by (author) Jul Maroh
translated by David Homel

The Fledglings

by (author) David Homel

Céline Dion and René Angelil Library Bundle

Céline / René Angelil: The Making of Céline Dion

by (author) Jean Beaunoyer & Georges-Hebert Germain
with Jean Beaulne
translated by David Homel

A Covenant of Salt

by (author) Martine Desjardins
translated by Fred A. Reed & David Homel

Kuessipan

by (author) Naomi Fontaine
translated by David Homel

The World Is Moving around Me

A Memoir of the Haiti Earthquake

by (author) Dany Laferrière
translated by David Homel

Maleficium

by (author) Martine Desjardins
translated by Fred A. Reed & David Homel

Summer in the City

illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay
by (author) David Homel

The Inverted Gaze

Queering the French Literary Classics in America

by (author) Francois Cusset
translated by David Homel

The Return

by (author) Dany Laferrière
translated by David Homel

The Last Genet

A Writer in Revolt

by (author) Hadrien Laroche
translated by David Homel

Midway

by (author) David Homel

How to Make Love to a Negro without Getting Tired

A Novel

by (author) Dany Laferrière
translated by David Homel

Wildlives

A Novel

by (author) Monique Proulx
translated by Fred Reed & David Homel

On the Road Again

by (author) Marie-Louise Gay & David Homel

Travels with My Family

illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay
by (author) David Homel

The Baldwins

by (author) Serge Lamothe
translated by Fred A. Reed & David Homel

The Baldwins Ebook

by (author) Serge Lamothe
translated by Fred A. Reed & David Homel

Travels with My Family /hc

by (author) Marie-Louise Gay & David Homel

Voices From France

Five French Plays in Translation

by (author) Linda Gaboriau, David Homel & Maureen Labonté

All That Glitters

by (author) Martine Desjardins
translated by Fred A. Reed & David Homel

The Speaking Cure

by (author) David Homel

The Heart Is an Involuntary Muscle

by (author) Monique Proulx
translated by David Homel & Fred Reed

Fairy Ring

by (author) Martine Desjardins
translated by Fred A. Reed & David Homel

Get on Top

by (author) David Homel

Céline

The Authorized Biography

by (author) Georges-Hebert Germain
translated by David Homel

Mapping Literature

The Art and Politics of Translation

by (author) David Homel & Sherry Simon

Marina's Star

by (author) Linda Brousseau
translated by David Homel