TW: This post contains analysis and quotation of passages describing violence and coarse language. American Psycho, published in 1991 and written by Bret Easton Ellis , is one of the highly praised and critically debated novels of the late 20th century. The story follows Patrick Bateman, a Wall Street businessman and yuppie, throughout his extravagant lifestyle and violent crimes, and consequently, his mental downfall. The novel serves as an exemplary work within the genre of social satire and psychological horror. In this post, we are going to analyze the text from the point of view of a translator and examine the translation challenges using the French translation by Alain Defossé . In this novel, which was once almost banned, Ellis attempts to portray the America of that specific period of time: a place devoid of compassion and a highly materialistic, wealth-fixated environment. In order to demonstrate the result of such extreme consumerism and self-destruction, the novel uses ...
