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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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North Bay Public Library | FIC Beres | 33874005554786 | Adult - Fiction | Checked out | 06/20/2024 |
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- ISBN: 9781609458386 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
475 p. ; 24 cm.
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- Publisher: New York : Europa Editions, 2023.
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General Note: | Translation of "La Carte Postale'" by Anne Berest. |
Summary, etc.: | "Luminous and gripping to the very last page, it ... Read More |
Language Note: | Translated from French to English. |
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Genre: | Historical fiction. Domestic fiction. Biographical fiction. |
Summary:
"Luminous and gripping to the very last page, it is an enthralling investigation into family secrets, 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 Opéra Garnier in Paris. On the back, the names of Anne Berest's maternal great-grandparents, Ephraïm and Emma, and their children, Noémie and Jacques--all killed at Auschwitz. Fifteen years after the postcard is delivered, Anne, the heroine of this novel, is moved to discover who sent it and why. Aided by her chain-smoking mother, family members, friends, associates, a private detective, a graphologist, and many others, she embarks on a journey to discover the fate of the Rabinovitch family: their flight from Russia following the revolution, their journey to Latvia, Palestine, and Paris. What emerges is a moving saga of a family devastated by the Holocaust and partly restored through the power of storytelling that shatters long-held certainties about Anne's family, her country, and herself." --
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