Corinne Atlan has lived for over twenty years in Japan, Nepal and the Tibetan world. She is the author of numerous translations from Japanese, several of which have been awarded prestigious prizes: Foreign Femina Prize for Le Bouddha blanc by Hitonari Tsuji (Folio), Konishi Foundation Prize for Les Chroniques de l’oiseau à ressort by Haruki Murakami (Seuil), Zoom Japon prize for La Prière d’Audubon by Kôtarô Isaka (Picquier). Le Cavalier au miroir is his second novel, the first being Le Monastère de l’aube (Albin Michel).

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