An Excerpt of Birth of a Bridge by Maylis de Kerangal, translated by Jessica Moore

An Excerpt of Birth of a Bridge by Maylis de Kerangal, translated by Jessica Moore
SITE MEETING – SOMETIME AFTER SEVEN o’clock in the morning and Diderot is talking, standing mountainous at the end of the oval table. Bare room, thin partitions, thin carpet hastily placed, smell of glue, smell of new, freeze-dried coffee, classroom chairs dragged in. These accommodate some fifty individuals,...