Lit in Translation

Small Boat

Naufrage

Vincent Delecroix (born 1969)

Translated by Helen Stevenson

English editions

In English

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Twenty-seven migrants drowned in the Channel in November 2021 after their calls for help brought no rescue. From that true event the novel invents a woman on duty at the coastguard centre, who may have gone down in her own way that night, and asks through her about evil and about guilt shared by everyone.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
135 pages in the original
Genres
Migration, Politics (assigned by AI)
First published
2023 by Gallimard
Author's age
54 when first published
ISBN

9782073032065 (original)

9781913109370 (Small Axes, United Kingdom)

9780063491694 (Mariner Books, United States)