{"product_id":"if-you-cross-the-river-genevive-damas-9781571311207","title":"If You Cross the River","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom celebrated Belgian author Geneviève Damas, a modern fable about friendship, self-determination, and the power of words.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIlliterate, isolated, and held at arm's length by a bitter father, François 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, François can't help but wonder about the wider world and his place in it. Who was his mother, who he remembers not at all? And why is the opposite shore of the river, where his beloved older sister disappeared many years ago, forbidden to him?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePropelled by curiosity, François turns to the eclectic denizens of his town to help make sense of these mysteries. He begins reading lessons with a melancholy curé, falls into an affair with a village woman, and affectionately confides his secrets to a velvet-eared piglet named Hyménée. As François questions both his origins and the course of his life, he begins to unlock the true story of his mother and sister, and comes to reinvent himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExquisitely translated from the French by poet Jody Gladding, \u003cem\u003eIf You Cross the River\u003c\/em\u003e is a magical debut.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geneviève Damas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571311203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571311207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2019 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/14\/2019","brand":"Geneviève Damas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989319254271,"sku":"9781571311207","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8ab139e3-8c5e-4b13-b8ad-2052fe68cef6.jpg?v=1683298834","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/if-you-cross-the-river-genevive-damas-9781571311207","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}