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Paris, 1806. The renowned botanist Michel Adanson lies on his deathbed, the masterwork to which he dedicated his life still incomplete. As he expires, the last word to escape his lips is a woman’s name: Maram. More about this book >
Sam Taylor is an award-winning literary translator and novelist. His four novels have been published in ten languages, and he has translated more than 60 books from the French, including Laurent Binet’s HHhH, Leila Slimani’s The Perfect Nanny, and Marcel Proust’s The Seventy-Five Folios. He grew up in England, spent a decade in France, and now lives in the United States.
(Photo credit: Kathy Taylor)
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