رواية | قارب صغير

In November 2021, a rubber boat carrying migrants from France to the United Kingdom capsized in the English Channel, resulting in the deaths of 27 people on board. Although French authorities received numerous distress calls, they incorrectly informed the migrants that they were in British waters and should contact British authorities for help. By the time rescue ships arrived at the scene, nearly three hours later, all but two of the migrants were dead, the worst loss of life to ever occur in the canal. The widely acclaimed novel "The Little Boat" by Vincent Delecroix is ​​a first-person fantasy novel about a French naval officer who takes migrant calls and her attempts to justify the unjustifiable. After being accused of neglecting to perform its duty, it refuses to be held more responsible than others for this disaster, or for the crises that stand behind these tragedies. What unfolds before us is a captivating and thought-provoking examination of the most dangerous threat to our humanity. “The Little Boat” is a powerful, moving, and haunting novel that confronts the most difficult and important moral questions of our time: To what extent are we all complicit? “This book challenged me deeply,” Dua Lipa says. “It moved me, and it stuck with me. It’s not an easy read, but as our politics descend into hate speech and political grandstanding, this is an essential story that needs to be told.”