The Secret Child
Olivier, Jean-Michel / Donato, Clorinda
Jean-Michel Olivier's novel, L'Enfant secret, winner of the Swiss Dentan prize, is a profound exploration of those secrets we all inherit as part of our DNA. It is a foray into the hidden deeds and misdeeds of our ancestors about which we know little but sometimes discover through the inadvertent confession of a distant cousin or a box of photos.The Secret Child narrator attributes his becoming an artist to life experiences inherited from his ...