Hermits United Ltd.

24/10/2025

‘To write from the start, for someone, for no one, to write for the stones… to write for a stranger, for a blind man, for a blind stranger…’

Notched by Jacques Dupin, translated by Alex Andriesse from Échancré (P.O.L Éditeur, 1991). Published by Hermits United. 7 October 2025. 9781916658226.

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10/10/2025

‘There was a time when we would toss peanuts to the baby monkeys in the Vincennes Zoo. It was party time. It was not forbidden to feed wild animals. We hardly had any props to dress the stage. The comings and goings of the pawnbroker were easy to follow. He who lived not in those times, knows not the true pleasures of life.’

Party Time by Guillaume Decourt, translated by Spencer Matheson from Un temps de fête (La Table Ronde, 2024). Published by Hermits United. 12 September 2025. 9781916658257.

21/09/2025

Luminary Collection

My Own Life (1776) by David Hume
My vie (translated from the English by Jean-Baptiste Antoine Suard)
Bilingual edition (EN-FR), Luminary Collection 1
1 October 2024, Hermits United
978-1-916658-00-4

The Hero as Man of Letters (1841) by Thomas Carlyle
Le Héros comme Homme de Lettres (translated from the English by Jean Izoulet)
Bilingual edition (EN-FR), Luminary Collection 2
2 October 2024, Hermits United
978-1-916658-01-1

L’Histoire de Jules César (1865) by George Sand
The Life of Julius Caesar (translated from the French by Mingyuan Hu)
Bilingual edition (EN-FR), Luminary Collection 3
3 October 2024, Hermits United
978-1-916658-02-8

George Sand (1870) by Hippolyte Taine
George Sand (translated from the French by Mingyuan Hu)
Bilingual edition (EN-FR), Luminary Collection 4
4 October 2024, Hermits United
978-1-916658-03-5

Michelet éducateur (1894) by Gabriel Monod
Michelet as Educator (translated from the French by Cory Stockwell)
Bilingual edition (EN-FR), Luminary Collection 5
5 October 2024, Hermits United
978-1-916658-04-2

My Early Education (1930) by Hu Shih (translated from the Chinese by Mingyuan Hu)
Mes premières années d’éducation (translated from the Chinese by Romain Graziani and Song Gang)
Bilingual edition (EN-FR), Luminary Collection 6
27 August 2025, Hermits United
978-1-916658-05-9

Je ne quitterai jamais mes amis (1942) by Stefan Zweig (translated from the German by Maël Renouard)
I Shall Never Abandon My Friends (translated from the German by Chris Turner)
Bilingual edition (EN-FR), Luminary Collection 7
28 August 2025, Hermits United
978-1-916658-06-6

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16/04/2025

David Hockney in Pays d'Auge by Jean Frémon. Translated by Georges Hume from the French. 31 March 2025. Hermits United

06/04/2025

David Hockney in his Studio, a portrait by Jean Frémon. Translated from the French by Jacob Bromberg. 27 March 2025. Hermits United.

17/03/2025

"We could see them because we couldn’t see them; we can no longer see them because we could see them."
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Notes on Lascaux, an essay by Maël Renouard. Translated by Peter Behrman de Sinéty from the French. 15 March 2025.
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21/11/2024

Les vertes années
A novella by Eileen Chang
French translation by Isabelle Rabut and Tan-Ying Chou
30 September 2024, Hermits United
978-1-7393897-6-5

20/11/2024

Le Détachement féminin rouge
Une nouvelle de Jiang Yun
Traduite par Romain Graziani et Song Gang
27 septembre 2024, Hermits United

20/11/2024

Erstwhile Series at Hermits United

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18/11/2024

The Peking Opera Reform
A novella by Maël Renouard
Translated by Peter Behrman de Sinéty
5 November 2023, Hermits United

Winner of the Prix Décembre 2013
La réforme de l’opéra de Pékin (Payot & Rivages, Paris 2013)

17/11/2024

Books published at Hermits United

30/09/2024

Happy Birthday, Eileen Chang!
Les vertes années
Novella, 128 pages. 30 September 2024, Hermits United
Bilingual edition (French and traditional Chinese) translated by Isabelle Rabut and Tan-Ying Chou 張愛玲《年青的時候》中法雙語版
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