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Agnès Riva

Biography

Agnès Riva

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 AN ADULTERY, was a finalist for the Goncourt First Novel Prize and RTL-Lire Grand Prix.

Agnès Riva

Books by Agnès Riva

Geography of an Adultery
written by Agnès Riva, translated by John Cullen - Fiction, Women's Fiction

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.