The Postcard
The International Bestseller
$22.50
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
24 September 2024
Summary
A moving novel from the bestselling author of HOW TO BE PARISIAN WHEREVER YOU ARE
“A deeply moving book.” - Leila Slimani
“A powerful exploration of family trauma.” - Lauren Elkin
“A work of rare grace and importance.” - The Guardian
In January 2003, the Berest family receive a mysterious, unsigned postcard. On one side was an image of the Opera Garnier; on the other, the names of their relatives who were killed in Auschwitz: Ephraim, Emma, Noemie and Jacques.<…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787705173 |
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| ISBN-10: | 178770517X |
| Author: | Anne Berest, Tina Kover |
| Publisher: | Europa Editions (UK) Ltd |
| Imprint: | Europa Editions (UK) Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 24 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 330g |
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Critics Review
’“A deeply moving book.”’ - Leila Slimani, author of Lullaby
’“A powerful exploration of family trauma.”’ - Lauren Elkin, author of Art Monsters
’“Impeccably researched, it combines the heft of lived experience with the drive of narrative fiction.”’ - The Guardian
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“The Postcard is a vivid indictment of France’s betrayal of the Jews. And the truth about the postcard is an absolute heartbreaker.”
’ - The Sunday Times
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“The Postcard provides a vivid portrait of Vichy France as antisemitic laws tightened.”
’ - Financial Times
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Anne Berest
Anne Berest is an actor and author. With her sister Claire Berest, she is the co-author of the best-selling work of nonfiction How to be Parisian Wherever You Are, which was translated into thirty-five languages. Her novel The Postcard has won numerous awards, was a finalist for the Goncourt Prize, and was a bestseller in France.
Tina Kover is a literary translator whose works include The Black City by Georges Sand, Adelaïde Bon’s The Little Girl on the Ice Floe. For Europa she recently translated Belle Greene by Alexandra Lapierre, and No Touching by Ketty Rouf.
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