Diversity of voices, diversity of languages : one week of events and readings in Lyon and in the Rhône-Alpes region.
Taiye Selasi
Taiye Selasi © Catherine Hélie / Gallimard
WRITER
United-Kingdom / United-States
Taiye Selasi, whose mother is Nigerian and whose father is Ghanaian, has written a highly successful first novel: Le Ravissement des innocents. After suffering a professional humiliation, Kweku, a respected surgeon in the United States, leaves his wife and children, forcing them to invent a life without him as best they can until a new crisis erupts. The characters lives and memories intertwine in this fascinating, disturbing novel that covers several generations and cultures, going back and forth between western Africa, New England, and New York.
