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Jean-Baptiste Del Amo was born in 1981 and is one of France's most exciting writers. Animalia, his fourth novel, published by Text in 2019, won the Prix du Livre Inter 2017 and the 2020 Republic of Consciousness Prize, and was shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt, Prix Femina, Prix Medicis and Prix Wepler. The Son of Man, first published by Gallimard in 2021, is his second novel to appear in English. Frank Wynne has translated works by authors including Michel Houellebecq, Patrick Modiano, Virginie Despentes and Jean-Baptiste Del Amo. His work has earned many awards, including the IMPAC Prize, the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and the Premio Valle Inclan.
‘Del Amo gives a soul to this drama. We oscillate constantly between nature writing, a fable and a psychological novel.’ * Livres Hebdo * ‘The simple plot becomes as complex as the psychology of these human beasts...Rarely has this young author hit the right notes so perfectly.’ * Le Monde * ‘Many magnificent scenes—brief moments of light amidst the darkness and a fear so intense you could cut it with a knife.’ * Le Figaro Littéraire * ‘The Son of Man is an explosion, a shout. Jean-Baptiste Del Amo is a storming talent; here are words which are forged rather than written, smeared with blood.’ * Daisy Johnson, author of Sisters * ‘The Son of Man is an astonishing book. Beautifully written, devastating at times, and relentless, but unforgettable.’ * Michael Magee, author of Close to Home * ‘The Son of Man demands a fearless kind of reading. It combines the impassive eye of a naturalist regarding their object of study, with the fierce revolt of that which is scrutinized, and resists being catalogued and known. Del Amo reaches into atavistic territories of impulse, desire, violence and repetition, and refuses to domesticate through conclusion. I was mesmerized by this formidable tale of a son and a mother who come up against both the law of the father and the lawlessness of nature.’ * Daisy Lafarge, author of Lovebug *
