# Event Details - **Event Name**: Mothers, Daughters, and the Supernatural: A Conversation with Marie NDiaye - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: The French Library is honored to welcome Prix Goncourt-winning author Marie NDiaye for a rare Boston appearance.About this EventBlending the uncanny with precise psychological insight, NDiaye’s work has long explored the invisible forces shaping family life, identity, and power. In this conversation, she will reflect on her literary career, her approach to writing across genres, and her exploration of the uncanny within everyday life.The discussion will also explore recurring themes in her work, including intergenerational inheritance,and the complex emotional landscapes between mothers and daughters. Together, NDiaye and Saraswat will discuss writing women who claim agency in worlds structured to silence them, and how elements of the supernatural can illuminate deeply human realities.Praise and Recognition for Vengeance is Mine (Knopf, 2025)National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist • The New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, TIME, The Washington Post, The Guardian, CrimeReads, Words Without Borders“[NDiaye] is a master at agitating, probing, and upending expectations.” — The New York Times Book Review “You won’t be able to put it down.” — VogueThis presentation will be followed by a Q&A, a book signing, and a glass of wine.Agenda🕑: 06:00 PM - 06:30 PMBook signing The WitchInfo: About The Witch Set in a small French town, The Witch follows Lucie, born into a lineage of women whose supernatural gifts are passed from mother to daughter. Long forced into silence by fear and male authority, Lucie defies her controlling husband and initiates her twin daughters into their inheritance, setting in motion a transformation that is both ecstatic and terrifying. Dreamlike yet deeply psychological, the novel explores the fragile bonds between mothers and daughters, the cost of power and of repressing it, and the moment when children become freer and more dangerous than their parents. With mounting tension and emotional precision, NDiaye captures the unsettling truth that love, freedom, and fear often grow from the same roots. “The Witch is Marie NDiaye at her most dazzling. In this simple, startlingly powerful novel, NDiaye lays outher central themes: familial secrets, power, shame, andliberation. NDiaye is one of the greats—her novels are mesmerizing, wholly singular, - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/boston/mothers-daughters-and-the-supernatural-a-conversation-with-marie-ndiaye/100001982466776495 - **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fmothers-daughters-and-the-supernatural-a-conversation-with-marie-ndiaye-tickets-1982466776495 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 10, max: 15, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Boston - **state**: MA - **country**: United States - **location**: French Library / Alliance Française of Boston & Cambridge - **lat**: 42.3542157 - **long**: -71.0748136 - **full address**: French Library / Alliance Française of Boston & Cambridge, 53 Marlborough Street, Boston, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: The French Library (https://allevents.in/org/the-french-library/23665059) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/07a15b490ada200561b20e1e6397a9f0b8d8063e5a28e6fca2db916055000480-rimg-w1200-h798-dcd7d2c0-gmir.jpg?v=1770347255 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/a3e364af850122d73289680c7517fabc1ad50120a718e31d6db9a5b97eb2a03f-rimg-w400-h400-dc191819-gmir.jpg?v=1770347255 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm (-04:00) - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** French Library / Alliance Française of Boston & Cambridge, 53 Marlborough Street, Boston, United States - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 10 up to 15 USD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** The French Library - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** Art, literary-art - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Mothers, Daughters, and the Supernatural: A Conversation with Marie NDiaye ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Mothers, Daughters, and the Supernatural: A Conversation with Marie NDiaye", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/07a15b490ada200561b20e1e6397a9f0b8d8063e5a28e6fca2db916055000480-rimg-w1200-h798-dcd7d2c0-gmir.jpg?v=1770347255", "startDate": "2026-04-25T17:00:00-04:00", "endDate": "2026-04-25T18:30:00-04:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/boston/mothers-daughters-and-the-supernatural-a-conversation-with-marie-ndiaye/100001982466776495", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "French Library / Alliance Française of Boston & Cambridge", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "53 Marlborough Street", "postalCode": "02116", "addressLocality": "Boston", "addressRegion": "MA", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "42.3542157", "longitude": "-71.0748136" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "The French Library is honored to welcome Prix Goncourt-winning author Marie NDiaye for a rare Boston appearance.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-02-06", "availabilityEnds": "2026-04-25T18:30:00-04:00", "validFrom": "2026-02-06", "lowPrice": "10.00", "highPrice": "15.00", "price": "10.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/boston/mothers-daughters-and-the-supernatural-a-conversation-with-marie-ndiaye/100001982466776495" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-02-06", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-02-06", "url": "https://allevents.in/boston/mothers-daughters-and-the-supernatural-a-conversation-with-marie-ndiaye/100001982466776495", "price": "15.00", "name": "General Admission" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-02-06", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-02-06", "url": "https://allevents.in/boston/mothers-daughters-and-the-supernatural-a-conversation-with-marie-ndiaye/100001982466776495", "price": "10.00", "name": "Member tickets (active French Library membership)" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "The French Library", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/the-french-library/23665059", "description": "The French Library is proud to host various events celebrating and promoting Francophone culture, history, and the French language. 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