Location: United States
Member Since: Feb. 29, 2012

Karena Akhavein


Biography

Christina Desroches’ academic passion stems from my own: I used my research, as well as my own original- and first ever- translation of La Vida de Santa Enimia by Bertran de Marseille, from my PhD thesis "Reman say in aquesta terra": The function of translatio in the Occitan Vita of Saint Enimie, (Columbia University, 2002) to drive the action. I am currently working on my second novel, Lacrima Dyonisi, a thriller exploring the link between wine and the sacred, featuring some of the same characters. I occasionally like to drag my nose out of dusty tomes in order to enjoy my parallel existence as a painter-illustrator and a fashion, food, wine, and travel writer whose work has appeared in SOMA Magazine, BEast magazine, globorati.com, and Quintessentially Magazine, among others. I currently live in Northern California with my husband, two children, and two dogs.

Where to find Karena Akhavein online

Website: http://www.akhavein.com
Twitter: karenaakhavein

Books

The Life of Saint Enimie. A 13th c text by Bertran de Marseille. Original Translation by Karena Akhavein. A reader's companion for the adventure novel Translatio    by Karena Akhavein
Price: Free! 13100 words. Published on May 31, 2012. Fiction.
The Life of Saint Enimie, a 13th c text by Bertran de Marseille, comes to life as translated by Karena Akhavein, PhD. Fascinating in its own right, this translation serves as a reader's companion for the exciting action adventure Translatio, by Karena Akhavein. Readers can choose to read this fascinating Merovingian princess' life on its' own, or refer back to it while reading Translatio.
Translatio    by Karena Akhavein
Price: $0.99 USD. 100060 words. Published on February 29, 2012. Fiction.
A Merovingian Princess... stolen relics … a Medieval manuscript warning of the dangers of translation… a miraculous fountain… and the young scholar who risks her life to solve a mystery that is literally in her blood. After the murder of her mentor, Christina Desroches Christina finds herself in peril, in a place where history has left many marks, and all is not as it seems.

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