Monday 8 June, 18:00

Douglas Kennedy: Identity and Family Secrets

Douglas Kennedy, born in New York in 1955, is an acclaimed novelist who lives between the United States, Berlin and France. His works include L’homme qui voulait vivre sa vie and La Symphonie du hasard.

He presents the long-awaited sequel to the novel that made him famous, a tense story set in the vast Montana landscapes. The narrative examines identity, paternal abandonment and the resurfacing of secrets as a father confronts the consequences of choices made thirty years earlier.

In French.

Grand-Rue 40,
1204 Genève
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Photo Credit: © Max Kennedy

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