04/05/2019
"To see every element of our lives (and yes, these are our lives, with only minor differences)—the things we eat, the way we behave towards animals, the way we house and clothe ourselves, the way we worship, speak, make music, treat our children, medicate ourselves, perform the act of love, and wage war—through the eyes of someone to whom all of this is new, constitutes a reevaluation of everything we take for granted. In what ways are we ridiculous, or compassionate, or divine? In what ways are we beastly? Mona Ozouf, president of the Prix Femina jury that awarded its 2016 honor to The Boy, called it, in my imperfect translation, 'a novel about, among other things, the ensavagement of human beings by war, which reminds us that barbarism camps on the borders of the civilized world.'"
Read the rest Julie Orringer's preface to THE BOY by Marcus Malte! You won't want to miss this exceptional translation by Emma Ramadan and Tom Roberge of the winner of the prestigious 2016 Prix Femina! Buy THE BOY on our website with code BUYDIRECT for 15% off.
Marcus Malte’s prize-winning novel The Boy , translated from the French by Emma Ramadan and Tom Roberge, is a story that forces us to consider what it means to be human. Beginning in 1908, the narrative starts, quite simply, with the boy, a wild child from the forests of Southern France who sets
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