# The Child and the River

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- Book: [The Child and the River](https://www.bookquiver.com/henri-bosco/the-child-and-the-river) ([The Child and the River.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/henri-bosco/the-child-and-the-river.md))
- Authors: [Henri Bosco](https://www.bookquiver.com/henri-bosco), [Joyce Zonana](https://www.bookquiver.com/joyce-zonana)
- Publisher: nyrb_classics
- ISBN: 978-16-8137-742-1
- Pages: 96
- Published: 2023-07-11
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A new translation of an evocative, Huckleberry Finn–esque French bestseller about a young farmboy, the river where he is forbidden to play, and the adventures that ensue when he disobeys his family’s...