Pierre, DBC: *1961

Ludmila's Broken English, 2006 - Information about the Book

General Information | Facts | Articles | Interviews

General Information
- Determined to save her family from starvation in the face of marauding troops, Ludmila's journey into the world and into womanhood is an odyssey of sour wit, even sourer vodka.
- Information from Wikipedia.
Facts
- Author
  In the southern Caucasus Pierre met refugees who fled to Azerbaijan from Armenia. He said that doing this - "as close as I could get to a fractured border without getting shot or kidnapped" - made him realise his initial draft was "too rosy."
  "They've been in a technical ceasefire for 15 years, but nothing has happened since the day of that ceasefire - all the things that keep a society going have completely broken down...
  "They are living without windows, without heating, without food...
  "In the towns I visited, no less that half the population is mentally retarded - due to incest, due to cultural beliefs that the best thing to do with a retarded child is marry him to another retarded child and cast them loose. It was just devastating."
  From BBC World; March 21, 2006
Articles
- The agony and the ecstasy. Los Angles Times; May 7, 2006
- Author DBC Pierre takes second chance: "Mainly about the 'second novel syndrome'." BBC; March 21, 2006
Interviews
- Author From an evening with DBC Pierre. Host: Albert M. Debrunner. SwissEduc. Literaturhaus, Basel; November 13, 2007:
  - Author Language showing the cultural differences
  - Author English for foreign characters
  - Author Using profane langague
  - Author The profane langague of the Ublis
  - Author The romantic aspect of the novel