If You Cross the River

by Geneviève Damas

Book Overview

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE

From celebrated Belgian author Genevi?ve Damas, a modern fable about friendship, self-determination, and the power of words.

Illiterate, isolated, and held at arm's length by a bitter father, Fran?ois Sorrente has spent his seventeen years within narrow confines. By day he tends the family farm's pigs; by night he manages the household chores. Still, Fran?ois...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571311203
• ISBN13: 9781571311207
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Milkweed Editions
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"