Ève Guerra: Repatriation, with Richard Village

Author Ève Guerra discusses her prize-winning debut novel Repatriation with translator Clodagh Kinsella and editor Richard Village at East Bristol Books.

East Bristol Books hosts a celebration of the UK publication of Congolese-French author Ève Guerra's debut novel Repatriation, published by Foundry Editions. The author will be in conversation with editor Richard Village, joined by the book's translator Clodagh Kinsella. The novel follows Annabella Morelli, a young woman in Lyon who, after learning of her father's death in Cameroon, attempts to repatriate his body to France and confronts family secrets and trauma; it won the 2024 Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman. The event is supported by the Institut Français Royaume Uni.