![]() ![]() ![]() It is Bouysse’s prose that provides imagery of Charles through Rose’s first impression: “He was big and fat, clearly a little younger than father” and very cruel. The reader learns – through these notebooks – that Rose’s broke father, Onésime, sold her to Charles because he was about to lose his farm. These notebooks contain the life story of Rose, a governess for Master Charles. ![]() “My father, soon you will be asked to bless the body of a woman at the asylum. Up first is Father Gabriel, who narrates the confession of Génie, a nurse at a mental institution: Lara Vergnaud’s superb translation helps Bouysse present his chapters flawlessly. Like William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, each chapter is narrated by a different person, allowing the reader to experience the story from each character’s perspective. One of the joys of Born is its narrative structure. Set in a remote castle during the nineteenth century, the novel proffers an oppressed governess as protagonist, a distinct class system, and ominous moments which drive the plot forward. His first novel translated for Anglophones, Born of No Woman, has elements of both a Victorian novel and a Gothic tale. Former biology teacher and award-winning French author Franck Bouysse writes like a classicalist. ![]()
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