Octavio's Journey
Shortlisted for the Goncourt first novel award, Octavio's Journey is an epic fable about an extraordinary hero.
'Simply magical' Elle
A compact but kaleidoscopic fable of Venezuela from a stunning new voice in the magical realism tradition.
His body might have been hewn from a tree trunk; his heart would last for a hundred years. And, like a tree, he was one of those men who die standing up.
A chance meeting in the local pharmacy transforms the life of lonely, illiterate Octavio. He begins reading lessons and finds love and happiness for the very first time. But Octavio's destiny lies elsewhere, as he will discover on a journey into the Venezuelan rainforest.
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Miguel Bonnefoy was born in France in 1986 to a Venezuelan mother and a Chilean father. In 2013, he was awarded the Prix du Jeune Écrivain. He has also been shortlisted for Prix des Cinq Continents and the Goncourt First Novel Award. His novel Heritage was awarded the Prix des Libraires 2021 and is shortlisted for the Prix des Cinq Continents 2021.
Emily Boyce is a translator and editor. She was shortlisted for the French Book Office New Talent in Translation Award in 2008, the French-American Translation Prize in 2016, and the Scott Moncrieff Prize in 2021. She lives in London.
'A wonderful debut' Libération
'A hard-to-resist picaresque debut in the vein of Garcia Marquez's magical realism' Le Nouvel Observateur
'Simply magical' Elle
'A masterfully composed poetic and picaresque fable' Le Figaro
'A refreshing burst of writing, worth lapping up' Le Point
'If Miguel Bonnefoy's novel was a painting, it might be likened to a Diego Rivera piece' La Vie
'Young author Miguel Bonnefoy melds poetry and tragedy in a debut as brilliant as it is lightly fantastical' Stylist
'An unforgettable new voice' Le Soir
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