Mr Michael had picked up The French Encounter at the Hindu Lit for life fest in Chennai in January 2016.

1. Michael DA Samuel native of Thirunelveli, Tamil Nadu born in 1951 and served
in organizations and in the end discovered that teaching the next generation is
the most enriching jobs in the world.
The French Encounter by Cecile Rischmann is a conversational masterpiece that
captures the involvement of the reader and with the imagination of western sensibility
paints the many colours of romantic love with an Indian mind. The dialogue is at many
levels and strips the layers of hypocrisy surrounding human existence. Middle class
morality confronts luxury and wealth. Cultural diversity is unified by the powerful
narrative which glides smoothly in spite of the love and war of the characters who
dismantle the barriers of social class which almost derail the ‘train’ of love, lust and
desires. The dreams of Katrina symbolize a feminine craving for security and
COMFORT. This book must be translated into Tamil, French, German and Italian to
reach out to incurable romantics around the world! A multi-lingual movie can have a
tremendous impact.
Cécile Rischmann dives into the ocean of passionate love while exposing
corporate innuendoes and individual jealousies.
When can I read your next book? Who will do the translations? The script and
screenplay adaptation for the movie version requires the engagement of eminent
Producer, Director, and Cinematographer with global recognition.
When Nanne Coda a Telugu poet was re-discovered at the end of the
19th century he had written:
“An arrow shot by an archer
Or a poem made by a poet
Should cut through your heart
Jolting the head.
If it doesn’t, it’s no arrow
It’s no poem.”
Finally Dear Cecile when you translate your books remember the words of ‘The
Absent Traveller’ by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra “Great translations… shoot to kill, and
having obliterated the original, transmigrate its soul into another language.”
You did mention at Taj Coromendal on 18 January that you will participate in
Hindu Literature Festival 2017. This time Ananth Padmanbhan CEO of Harper Collins
India Photographer, dog lover and bibliophile attendee and spoke. I hope you can be on
the list of Panellists for 2017. Good luck and hope to see you in the near future. Keep in
touch and keep writing since you have the natural ability to tell several stories at the
same time. It’s a rare quality!!

2. Dear Cecile,
The first impression of your writing style absorbed my total attention in a way that for 2
Sundays I could not read the Hindu or Times of India. Believe me that the romance of East and
West defies the theory of the two cultures being separate entities and can never meet. In 2
weeks time the review will be forwarded to you.
CHEERS!
Mike
FeedbackonThe FrenchEncounter, "Good AfternoonCecile, Rightnow the suspenseiskillingme.I
findthatyour bookis preventingme fromconcentratingonmyICE classes.Inanycase few pagesleft
and I am unable topredictthe climax of Katrina’sFrenchEncounter.Reviewwillreachyousame time
tomorrow.Regards,MIKE"