ABOUT the TRANSLATOR

Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times–bestselling author of Cod, Salt, and The Big Oyster, as well as a novel, Bugaloo on Second Avenue, and a short-story collection, The White Man in the Tree. He has won numerous awards, including the James A. Beard Award, and, as did Zola, frequently writes about food and politics. He lived in Paris for ten years.