The Divine Child - Softcover

Pascal Bruckner's The Divine Child pits biology against human will in a tale that begins with an irresistible premise: What if children were permitted to choose, before birth, whether or not to leave the womb? With acerbic wit and a remarkably light touch, Pascal Bruckner plunges full force into a dystopian vision of creation gone awry, of reproductive mutiny and the fantastically dark and twisted stratagems of a tyrannical fetus who literally takes his mother's body hostage. The Divine Child is an unforgettable, delightfully irreverent, and original tale from one of France's most distinctive storytellers.

Pascal Bruckner was born in 1948 in France, where his work has received wide critical acclaim. Joachim Neugroschel, the English translator, has been awarded three PEN translation prizes