# Event Details - **Event Name**: Translator Alyson Waters presents The Monroe Girls by Antoine Volodine - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 24 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 24 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join Alyson Waters for a celebration of her translation of The Monroe Girls by Antoine Volodine. Tess Lewis will join her in conversation.About this EventPlease note that an RSVP does not guarantee you a seat. We can accommodate approximately 50 seated and 80 standing. If you require a seat, please plan to arrive early. About The Monroe Girls:Breton has seen brighter days. Now his body sags as he pulls a pair of binoculars to his withered face. He peers from the grimy window of a near-empty psychiatric compound—one of the last buildings standing after an unspecified disaster—spying rue Dellwo below, dreary in perpetual rain. Into this world of devastation drop the Monroe girls—paramilitaries trained in the “dark place” by Monroe, a dissident executed long ago. Their mission to revamp the Party is futile in this bleak, decaying world. Breton, our schizophrenic narrator, is tasked (and tortured) by what remains of the Party to locate and identify the Monroe girls using special optical equipment and his powers of extrasensory perception. Breton’s journey through a bardo-like, hostile labyrinth invites us into a sensual swirl of bodily decay, political acquiescence, and civilizational collapse. In this derelict setting, Volodine ruminates on identity, surveillance, life after death, and love (which, alas, does not conquer all). An urgent and blistering tale, beautifully rendered with Volodine’s distinct pathos and humor.About the participants: Alyson Waters is a prize-winning translator of French and francophone literary fiction, art history, philosophy, and children's books. She has translated works by Albert Cossery, Louis Aragon, René Belletto, Jean Giono, Eric Chevillard, Jean-Patrick Manchette, Emmanuel Bove, Claude Ponti, and many others. She has received a National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowship, a PEN Translation Fund grant, and was awarded the French-American Foundation Translation Prize twice. She taught literary translation at Yale for three decades and currently teaches at Columbia University. She lives in Brooklyn.Tess Lewis is a writer and translator from French and German. Her translations include works by Walter Benjamin, Ingeborg Bachmann, Peter Handke, and Montaigne. A Guggenheim, NEA and Berlin Prize Fellow, she was awarded the 2017 PEN Award for Translation. She is an Advisory Editor for The Hudson Review and curator of the , New York City’s only German language literature festival. www.tesslewis.org - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brooklyn/translator-alyson-waters-presents-the-monroe-girls-by-antoine-volodine/100001983558060555 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, parties, festivals, entertainment, kids - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Brooklyn - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Community Bookstore - **lat**: 40.67273729999999 - **long**: -73.9764706 - **full address**: Community Bookstore, 143 7th Avenue, Brooklyn, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Translator Alyson Waters presents The Monroe Girls by Antoine Volodine - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/007b496a15e7d4bfb22a60ab8fc7f855d601f60ca154fe52adc616f50b231fee-rimg-w1200-h600-dc828d7f-gmir.jpg?v=1771745554 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Translator Alyson Waters presents The Monroe Girls by Antoine Volodine being held? - **A:** Translator Alyson Waters presents The Monroe Girls by Antoine Volodine takes place on Tue, 24 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Tue, 24 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Community Bookstore, 143 7th Avenue, Brooklyn, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Translator Alyson Waters presents The Monroe Girls by Antoine Volodine? - **A:** Translator Alyson Waters presents The Monroe Girls by Antoine Volodine is organized by Community Bookstore. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Translator Alyson Waters presents The Monroe Girls by Antoine Volodine", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/007b496a15e7d4bfb22a60ab8fc7f855d601f60ca154fe52adc616f50b231fee-rimg-w1200-h600-dc828d7f-gmir.jpg?v=1771745554", "startDate": "2026-03-24", "endDate": "2026-03-24", "url": "https://allevents.in/brooklyn/translator-alyson-waters-presents-the-monroe-girls-by-antoine-volodine/100001983558060555", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Community Bookstore", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "143 7th Avenue", "postalCode": "11215", "addressLocality": "Brooklyn", "addressRegion": "NY", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "40.67273729999999", "longitude": "-73.9764706" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Join Alyson Waters for a celebration of her translation of The Monroe Girls by Antoine Volodine. 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