Sorrow of the Earth

Born in Lyon in 1968, Éric Vuillard is a French author and film director. His books include Conquistadors (winner of the Ignatius J. Reilly prize 2010), La Bataille de l'occident and Congo, for both of which he was awarded the 2012 Franz-Hessel prize and the 2013 Valery-Larbaud prize, as well as L'ordre du jour, for which he was awarded the 2017 Goncourt Prize. Sorrow of the Earth is the first of ...