Belgium

A Nail, a Rose
by Madeleine Bourdouxhe

Born in Liege 1906, Madeleine Bourdouxhe gave birth on the day Germany invaded Brussels, and gives a description of her escape to France in this book of short stories. Madeleine continued to write throughout her life. She was ‘rediscovered’  in the mid-1980s and in 2009 a conference in France celebrated her life and work.

Translated by Faith Evans
Pushkin Press, 1989
First published in 1944
ISBN 9781782275138