The Countess of Les Digues by Marie Gevers
(B2) The novel of the river, of the Escaut-Roi, of a woman attached to the passing of the seasons, to the surveillance of the dykes, to the love fight with the water. What happens when the dikes break, the desire is strongest? The countess of the dikes will have to choose between the man she is going to marry and the river. May she find a new harmony. Born in 1883 in Edegem near Antwerp, Marie Gevers spent her life in the large family home in Missembourg, which served as the setting for several of her books.
(ed. Labor, coll Espace nord, 214 p., 6,50 euros)
