Prairie Lights Books

Description

“A tiny fragment of life, simply told and yet touching in the extreme.”—French Book News

Pierre, a lifelong Parisian waiter, watches people come and go, sizing them up with great accuracy and empathy. Pierre doesn’t look outside too much; he prefers to let the world come to him. When the café goes under, Pierre finds himself at a loss. As we follow his stream of thought over three days, Pierre’s humanity and profound solitude are revealed.

Dominique Fabre is the author of six novels. He won the Marcel Pagnol Prize for Fantômes in 2001. The Waitress was New is his first book to appear in English.

Jordan Stump is a noted translator of modern French novelists, including Marie Redonnet and Éric Chevillard.

About the Author

Dominique Fabre is the author of 6 novels. He won the Marcel Pagnol Prize for "Fantômes" in 2001. "The Waitress was New" is his first book to appear in English. Jordan Stump is the noted translator of modern French novelists, including Marie Redonnet and Eric Chevillard. He won the French American Foundation's Translation Prize for his translation of Le Jardin des Plantes by Nobel Prize winner Claude Simon. He is an associate professor of French at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.