The German title of Jean-Jacques Sempé's book is actually Das Geheimnis des Fahrradhändlers, a mouthful that literally means The Secret of the Bicycle Merchant, or Dealer, although the book in English translation is known as Raul Taburin Keeps a Secret, closer to Sempé's French original Raoul Taburin. The secret is that Raul Taburin, who can repair any bicycle with great mastery, is himself unable to ride a bicycle. The book was first published in France in 1996; the German translation wasn't published until 2009. The non-French-speaking world has been inexplicably slow in keeping up with Sempé. There's a new French movie just released this year, "Raoul Taburin," which must have something to do with the recent 2019 Paris signing evidenced by an inscription and drawing in Doreen Burke's copy seen in April on AbeBooks and subsequently sold.
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| Jean-Jacques Sempé Abe Books Listing Retrieved April 19, 2019 |
Phaidon publishes the English-language edition:
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| https://www.phaidon.com/store/general-non-fiction/raoul-taburin-keeps-a-secret-9780714849799/ |
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| Young Raul Taburin |
"Raul Taburin" (2019) Trailer
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