by Bruce Murkoff · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782226159588
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«Portés par un fleuve violent» is the historical novel by Bruce Murkoff, published by Albin Michel in paperback (472 pages, in French).
Set in 1932, during the Great Depression, it follows three strangers who converge on the construction of the Boulder Dam on the Colorado River: Filius Poe, an architect who has lost almost everything; Lena McCardell, a mother fleeing with her son to start over; and Lew Beck, a petty criminal seeking redemption.
Original work «Waterborne», published in 2004; this French edition, translated by Michel Lederer, belongs to the Terres d'Amérique collection.
For readers of historical fiction and literary fiction seeking ensemble narratives about the Great Depression and the American West.
