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Born of No Woman

A Novel

By: Franck Bouysse

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The Guardian: Best Translated Fiction CrimeReads: Best International Crime Novel of the Year In this gothic tale reminiscent of Faulkner’s Light in August, a young woman’s journals divulge the horrible secrets of a wealthy family in late nineteenth-century rural France. Before he is called to bless the body of a woman at the nearby asylum, Father Gabriel receives a strange, troubling confession: hidden under her dress he will find the notebooks that contain Rose’s harrowing story. At fourteen years old, Rose is sold to a rich man by her father, a farmer unable to support her and her three younger sisters. Traded for a handful of coins, she becomes the property of the master and is taken away without warning to her new home. This isolated manor that seems like a castle to Rose, with the master’s formidable mother and his absent wife, immediately provokes a sense of unease. Rose soon becomes caught in their perverse web, unsure of how to escape and whom she can trust. The English-language debut of critically acclaimed author Franck Bouysse, this exquisitely written novel is both a keen commentary on class and a chilling horror story. Deftly navigating the complexities of desire, abuse, compassion, and resilience, he has created a timeless portrait of human nature left to fester unseen.

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1635420237

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Wind Drinkers

A Novel

By: Franck Bouysse

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Wind Drinkers

A Novel

By: Franck Bouysse

A thrilling mix of French noir and American Western that charts a family’s struggle for freedom and justice in a hostile mountain community. In the godforsaken valley of the Black Rimstone, four siblings meet by the viaduct, a place of their own away from home and daily life, which hold so little for them: Mark, who reads in secret against his father’s orders; Matthew, who understands the forest, the river, and all their creatures; Mabel, who wields her stunning beauty in pursuit of pleasure and independence; and Luke, so often pitied and dismissed as simpleminded, but whose fantastic dreams reveal an uncommon wisdom. Together they live as one, bound by an unshakable bond. Hanging over them, and the rest of the valley, is the bleak prospect of work in the power plant, constructed and controlled by the fearsome Joyce. Having arrived a stranger, he owned the entire town within ten years, and now keeps a stranglehold on it through money and violence. But after generations are used and spit out in service of one man’s greed, there comes a breaking point. Winner of the Prix Jean Giono, this masterful, parable-like novel bears witness to the power of nature and the promise of rebellion.

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Born of No Woman

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Vagabond

By: Franck Bouysse

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Vagabond

By: Franck Bouysse

L'homme est traqué. L'homme joue du blues chaque soir dans un obscur bar de la rue des Martyrs. Lorsqu'il dérive vers son hôtel, au milieu de la nuit, il lui arrive de dialoguer avec des clochards et autres esprits égarés. Il lui arrive de s'effondrer sur les pavés des ruelles antiques et de s'endormir, ivre ou épuisé. Il lui arrive aussi de ne jouer sur scène que pour une femme qu'il semble être le seul à voir. Mais l'homme est traqué. Pas par un tueur. Ni par un flic. Quelque chose comme des ombres.

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2253193542

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Wind Drinkers

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