The Child and the River by Henri Bosco Science Fiction ”—The New York Times“Has a

”—The New York Times“Has a commercial-fiction spring in its step

the experience of an abruptly shattered existence

finally all of this modern master’s fiction will be in print

and the monstrous sides of love and loyalty

And as Beth looks at the man she loves on trial for murder

The Child and the River by Henri Bosco Science Fiction ”—The New York Times“Has aA new translation of an evocative, Huckleberry Finnesque French bestseller about a young farmboy, the river where he is forbidden to play, and the adventures that ensue when he disobeys his familys wishes. The Child and the River tells a simple but haunting tale. Pascalet, a boy growing up on a farm in the south of France, is permitted by his parents to play wherever he likesonly never by the river. Prohibition turns into temptation: Pascalet dreams