THE MUSEUM OF CONTRADICTIONS

Antoine Wauters

Translated from the French by Stephanie Smee

winner, Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle, 2022

“We have known from the start that Wauters’ writing would be the voice of Humanity.”—Michel Zumkir, Le Carnet et les Instants

“The Museum of Contradictions eviscerates as much as it excites . . . Wauters writes about humanity with his nerves.” —Karoo

“This new, incandescent book . . . was born from Wauters’ desire to . . . create a ‘portrait of our world today with its problems, its tensions and its injustices, and to ensure voices of contradiction are heard.’”—Axelle Thiry, RTBC

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Antoine Wauters is a Belgian poet and novelist, winner of numerous literary awards including the Prix Wepler, the Prix Marguerite Duras, and the Prix du Livre Inter for MAHMOUD OR THE RISING OF THE WATERS. THE MUSEUM OF CONTRADICTIONS is his first book to be translated into English.

Stephanie Smee’s translations of contemporary classics have won critical praise and multiple awards. She is the winner of the Australian Academy of the Humanities Medal of Excellence in Translation and of a CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger.