PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Miguel Bonnefoy was born in France in 1986 to a Venezuelan mother and a Chilean father. In 2013, he was awarded the Prix du Jeune Ecrivain, which previously launched the careers of Marie Darrieussecq and others. Octavio's Journey is Bonnefoy's first novel, written in French. It has sold more than 25,000 copies in France and has been awarded the Prix Edmee de la Rochefoucauld (for debut novels - past winners include Goncourt winner Mathias Enard), the Prix Feneon and the Prix de la Vocation, which rewards new talent (past winners include Amelie Nothomb and Joel Dicker). The book was also shortlisted for the Prix des Cinq Continents and the Goncourt First Novel Award. Miguel Bonnefoy was born in France in 1986 to a Venezuelan mother and a Chilean father. In 2013, he was awarded the Prix du Jeune Ecrivain, which previously launched the careers of Marie Darrieussecq and others. Octavio's Journey is Bonnefoy's first novel, written in French. It has sold more than 25,000 copies in France and has been awarded the Prix Edmee de la Rochefoucauld (for debut novels - past winners include Goncourt winner Mathias Enard), the Prix Feneon and the Prix de la Vocation, which rewards new talent (past winners include Amelie Nothomb and Joel Dicker). The book was also shortlisted for the Prix des Cinq Continents and the Goncourt First Novel Award. Emily Boyce is a translator and editor. She was shortlisted for the French Book Office New Talent in Translation Award in 2008 and the French-American Translation Prize in 2016. She lives in London.
Shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt, the Goncourt des Lyceens, the Grand Prix de l'Academie Francaise, the Prix Femina and the Prix Femina des Lyceens 'In the space of barely 200 pages, with a remarkable sense for what to tell and what to leave unsaid ... Heritage is a novel about uprooting and second chances, the opposition between the forces of life and destruction, the elation of dreams and disenchantment.' Le Figaro 'Brilliantly combines personal stories with key moments in world History with a capital H ... Miguel Bonnefoy's novels take you on an enchanting journey through space and time' Lire 'A 33-year-old Franco-Venezuelan whose storytelling talents never cease to impress' L'Express 'A saga as gripping as it is bold' Lire 'Best of all are the passionate, tenacious female characters ... A dramatic, colourful novel about exile and inheritance' Liberation 'An extraordinary feel for detail combined with an equal deftness for ellipsis ... Magnificent' Le Monde
