River

Esther Kinsky discusses her award-winning autobiographical novel, River (Transit Books, September 2018) with translator Tess Lewis. After moving to a London suburb near the River Lea, a female narrator takes long, solitary walks as she reminisces about the rivers she has encounters during her life. Exploring memory through topography and with mellifluous prose, River is a thoughtful meditation on disturbed lands, recent European history and the transience of all things human.