Nancy Huston

Nancy Huston spent her childhood in Canada, her teenage years in the United States, and adult life in France. A bilingual writer (English and French), she works with many genres: novels, essays, children’s books and plays, most of which are published by Actes Sud.

Among her novels are The Mark of the Angel, Dolce Agonia, Cantique des plaines, La Virevolte, Infrared, and Black Dance. Her novel Fault Lines (Lignes de faille) won the Prix Femina and Prix France-Télévisions in 2006 and has been translated into over 40 languages worldwide. Her essays include Losing North (1999), Professors of Despair (2004), The Tale-Telling Species (2008), and Reflections in a Man’s Eye (2012).

She co-wrote Sauvages with Claude Barras.

Sauvages

Sélection Annuelle 2018

Kéria, eleven years old, lives with her father in the rural outskirts of a city in the Sarawak province on the island of Borneo. An urban girl she loves stylish haircuts and hip-hop music. Her mother died when she was very young. Kéria has no memory of her, but her father told her she was devoured by a panther.