If You Cross the River - A Novel

Winner of the prestigious Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie upon publication

Strong praise from major international media with strong blurbs expected

Book's international release was widely lauded; author also received the Prix Victor Rossel in Belgium upon its release

Translator has translated almost thirty books from the French, including Pierre Michon's Small Lives, which won the Florence Gould and French-American Foundation Translation Prize

Translator has received a Whiting Writers' Award and the Yale Younger Poets Prize; her connection to the U.S. poetry community will seed interest in an otherwise untapped market

Readers of Jane Smiley and the highly successful Stephen Florida by Gabe Habash will be interested in this book

About the author

Geneviève Damas is a Belgian actress, playwright, and novelist. After completing a law degree, she turned to theater. She has acted, directed, and written award-winning plays for both children and adults. If You Cross the River is her first novel and has received wide international acclaim. It won the Prix Victor Rossel in Belgium and the Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie, awarded annually for fiction that enriches cultural diversity and the French language on the five continents. Damas lives in Brussels.

Jody Gladding is the author of four collections of poems: the spiders my arms, Translations from Bark Beetle, Rooms and Their Airs, and Stone Crop. She has translated thirty books from French, including Jean Giono's The Serpent of Stars and Pierre Michon's Small Lives, which won the French-American Translation Prize. She lives in Vermont.

Summary

“An allegorical coming-of-age story told in a trusting and curious voice . . . Damas keeps us enthralled as [François] unravels the family mystery.” —BBC

Product details

• Authors: Geneviaeve Damas, Genevieve Damas, Geneviève Damas
• Assisted by: Jody Gladding (Translation)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781571311207
• ISBN: 978-1-57131-120-7
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Literary, Fiction - General, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Category fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary