The Postcard
By: Anne Berest | Paperback
Anne Berestâs 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 OpĂ©ra Garnier in Paris. On the back, the names of Anne Berestâs maternal great-grandparents, EphraĂŻm and Emma, and their children, NoĂ©mie and Jacquesâall 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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By: Anne Berest | Paperback
Anne Berestâs 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 OpĂ©ra Garnier in Paris. On the back, the names of Anne Berestâs maternal great-grandparents, EphraĂŻm and Emma, and their children, NoĂ©mie and Jacquesâall 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.
