Rue Centrale, published by Editions L’Age d’Homme in 2013

Conversations with Europe: what Studs Terkel did for America, Rue Centrale does for Europe.

A portrait of a European city, Lausanne, painted in the words of the people who live and work there: interviews with 68 people encountered in the street, in their bedroom, on a barge or in the belfry of the cathedral, who talk about their hopes, their fears and their day-to-day lives. Bankers, prostitutes, illegal immigrants, pillars of the community… word by word, from the grassroots up, they build a city in Europe at the beginning of the 21st century.

Un portrait d’une ville européenne, Lausanne, peint par les mots des personnes qui y habitent ou qui y travaillent. Rencontrés dans la rue, dans leur chambre, sur une barge ou dans le beffroi de la cathédrale, 68 personnes parlent de leurs espoirs, de leurs inquiétudes et de leur vie quotidienne. Banquiers, prostituées, clandestins, piliers de la communauté… mot par mot, du sol au ciel, ils construisent une ville en Europe au début du 21ème siècle.

The Quick, published by Fourth Estate in 2007

“…a life-affirming vision of the powers of imagination” Amazon

“…subtle and surprising, prickly and uncompromising” Material Witness

The Doctor, published by Methuen in 2001

“..vividly describes the death of sympathy in a conscientious woman trying to find her way through a war”
Times Literary Supplement

“This is a haunting and important novel with profound implications”
Independent on Sunday

“Brilliant”
Jewish Chronicle