Elisa Shua Dusapin turns to the Near East after October 7
The Franco-Swiss writer left Geneva for Jordan, the West Bank and Israel to gather testimony from people affected by the war. The resulting book, "Sauf la frontière," is presented as a restrained, first-person account.
Elisa Shua Dusapin, the Franco-Swiss author awarded the National Book Award in 2021, spent the past two years travelling through the Near East, listening to people affected by the war, according to Livres Hebdo. The book that came out of this experience, "Sauf la frontière," is described by the outlet as a nuanced, carefully measured account of what she saw and heard.
According to Bibliobs, a few months after October 7 Dusapin left her everyday life in Geneva to settle in Jordan, before travelling on to the West Bank and Israel. She returned with what the outlet calls a sober and striking book, built from the accounts she collected on the ground.
J'avais vitalement besoin d'aller voir de mes propres yeux.
Elisa Shua Dusapin, cité par Bibliobs
Dusapin is among the authors invited to the "Le Livre sur les quais" festival in Morges, Bibliobs notes.
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