Geography of an Adultery

Dissecting a midlife affair, this perceptive, slyly comical debut explores how the spaces that limit our movements can be more exciting than the person we think we want.

Ema and Paul are lovers. Like so many others before them, they met through work. Both are married with children, and they arrange hurried meetings away from prying eyes. Paul's car, a corner of Ema's house, a hotel room...But their relationship soon suffers from this too-restricted sphere, and Ema decides to put them both in danger, at the risk of losing everything.

Cleverly attaching itself to the locations where passion plays out--whether domestic or professional, safe or transgressive--Geography of an Adultery casts a radical eye on anticipation and desire. With her deceptively cool, clinically precise style, Agnès Riva unravels the inner workings of a private life.

Author: Agnès Riva
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Published: 02/22/2022
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.56h x 5.04w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9781590511107
ISBN10: 1590511107
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | Family Life | Marriage & Divorce
- Fiction | Literary

About the Author
Agnès Riva lives in the suburbs of Paris, where she draws inspiration from its urban landscape. She is the author of the short story "New Life," which was published in the anniversary issue of the New French Review. Her debut novel, Geography of Adultery, received a Discovery Grant from the Prince Pierre Foundation and was a finalist for the Prix Goncourt and RTL-Lire Grand Prix.

John Cullen is the translator of many books from Spanish, French, German, and Italian, including Susanna Tamaro's Follow Your Heart, Philippe Claudel's Brodeck, Carla Guelfenbein's In the Distance with You, Juli Zeh's Empty Hearts, Patrick Modiano's Villa Triste, and Kamel Daoud's The Meursault Investigation.