A BEST BOOK OF 2023
TIME Magazine ・ NPR ・ Library Journal ・ The Globe and Mail ・ Lilith ・ Forward Magazine ・ Toronto Star ・ The New Yorker
'A testament to the power of imagination and an investigation of empathy.'- Vogue
'Stunning.'-Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker
'A can't-miss novel.'- Chicago Review of Books
'Compelling.'- The Washington Examiner
Anne Berest's The Postcard is among the most acclaimed and beloved French novels of recent years. It is at once a gripping investigation into family trauma, a poignant tale of mothers and daughters, and a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life.
January, 2003. Together with the usual holiday cards, an anonymous postcard is delivered to the Berest family home. On the front, a photo of the Opera Garnier in Paris. On the back, the names of Anne Berest's maternal great-grandparents, Ephraim and Emma, and their children, Noemie and Jacques-all killed at Auschwitz.
Years after the postcard is delivered, the heroine of this novel is moved to discover who sent it and why. What emerges is a moving saga of a family devastated by the travails of the twentieth century and partly restored through the power of storytelling.
TIME Magazine ・ NPR ・ Library Journal ・ The Globe and Mail ・ Lilith ・ Forward Magazine ・ Toronto Star ・ The New Yorker
'A testament to the power of imagination and an investigation of empathy.'- Vogue
'Stunning.'-Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker
'A can't-miss novel.'- Chicago Review of Books
'Compelling.'- The Washington Examiner
Anne Berest's The Postcard is among the most acclaimed and beloved French novels of recent years. It is at once a gripping investigation into family trauma, a poignant tale of mothers and daughters, and a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life.
January, 2003. Together with the usual holiday cards, an anonymous postcard is delivered to the Berest family home. On the front, a photo of the Opera Garnier in Paris. On the back, the names of Anne Berest's maternal great-grandparents, Ephraim and Emma, and their children, Noemie and Jacques-all killed at Auschwitz.
Years after the postcard is delivered, the heroine of this novel is moved to discover who sent it and why. What emerges is a moving saga of a family devastated by the travails of the twentieth century and partly restored through the power of storytelling.
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- SKN: 30743
- ID: 8495484C
- UPC: 9798889660354
- MFR Number: 9660354
- Ship to Quebec: Yes
- Toysrus Recommended Age: 16 - 18 years
- Language: English
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SKN: 30743
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