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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Franck Bouysse, Lara VergnaudPublish date:2025-05-20Pages:384
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Other Press (NY)ISBN-13:9781635420555ISBN-10:1635420555UPC:9781635420555Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Noir, Small Town & RuralSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCNYDW6A8K
In this captivating Faulknerian tale of love, masculinity, and vengeance, tensions boil over in a rural mountain community whose able-bodied men have left to fight in World War I.

In the heart of Cantal, in the heat of the summer of 1914, the men resigned themselves to going off to fight, far away. Joseph, just 15 years old, must take care of the family farm with his mother, his grandmother, and Leonard, an old neighbor who has become his friend. On the property next door, Valette, kept away from the war due to an atrophied hand, dwells on his grudges and his rage. And now he has to take in his brother's wife and daughter, who have sought refuge with him. The arrival of the two women will end up upsetting a hitherto immutable order and awakening buried passions.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Other Press (NY)ISBN-13:9781635420555ISBN-10:1635420555UPC:9781635420555Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Noir, Small Town & RuralSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCNYDW6A8K
Franck Bouysse was born in France in 1965. He began his writing career in 2007 after working as a biology teacher. His novel Born of No Woman (Other Press, 2021) won numerous literary prizes in France, including the Elle Readers' Grand Prize, the Booksellers' Prize, and the Prix Babelio. His following novel, Wind Drinkers (Other Press, 2023), won the Prix Jean Giono.

Lara Vergnaud is a translator of prose, creative nonfiction, and scholarly works from the French. She is the recipient of two PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants and a French Voices Grand Prize, and has been nominated for the National Translation Award. She lives in Washington, DC.
Publisher: Other Press (NY)

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