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The Postcard

Auteur(s): Anne Berest, Tina Kover - translator
Narrateur(s): Barrie Kealoha
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Winner of the Choix Goncourt Prize, Anne Berest’s The Postcard is a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life, an enthralling investigation into family secrets, and poignant tale of a Jewish family devastated by the Holocaust and partly restored through the power of storytelling.

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 that shatters long-held certainties about Anne’s family, her country, and herself.

©2023 Anne Berest and Tina Kover (P)2023 Europa Editions
20e siècle Littérature mondiale Patrimoine juif Biographie holocauste Moyen-Orient
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Ce que les critiques en disent

AN INSTANT NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER

Named a Most Anticipated Book by the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Bustle, Book Riot, Vogue

Named a May ABA Indie Next Pick

Winner of the Choix Goncourt Prize, the Prix Renaudot des lycéens, and the ELLE Readers Prize

“Powerful, meticulously imagined... The Postcard (translated into a lucid and precise English by Tina Kover) takes its readers on a deep dive into one Jewish family’s history, and, inextricably, into the devastating history of the Holocaust in France... [A] powerful literary work... that contains a single grand-scale act of self-discovery and many moments of historical illumination.”—Julie Orringer, The New York Times Book Review

“Moving…Ms. Berest has done her research, artfully weaving grim facts and figures into her family history…Let’s hope that a book like this, which encompasses both the monstrosities of the past and the dangers of the present, will guard us from complacency.”—Heller McAlpin, The Wall Street Journal

“In what feels like a literary magic trick, Berest transforms her own family’s complex and heartbreaking Holocaust history into a novel that masterfully blends elements of drama, mystery and philosophy. It’s propulsive yet deep—an intimate, exacting contemplation of loss that somehow ends in love.”—Kate Tuttle, People Magazine

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I loved the story and the characters and how it moved back from the present to the past.

The history of the story.

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This is a detective story, a love story and true never varnished, The conflict between mothers and daughters in layer after layer
I hope that this is not the author only book on the Holocaust.
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Another remembrance four names not forgotten

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I hope many people, especially the youth, will read this remarkable book. The story is not to be forgotten.

The book is superbly put together.

Only complaint with performance is some mispronunciation of many French names, etc.

So relevant for our times.

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The insignificant names and addresses became tedious though maybe it was to preserve historical significance.

Very good narration

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Beautifully written and narrated. A difficult multigenerational history that must never be forgotten. A must read.

A memorable novel.

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