Book
The postcard
Call Number
- FICTION BERE (CEN, OSH)
Languages
Translated from the French.
Publication Information
New York : Europa Editions, 2023.
Physical Description
475 pages ; 24 cm
Uniform Title
Summary
"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." --
Notes
Translation of: La carte postale.
Contents
- Promised lands
- Memories of a Jewish child without a synagogue
- First names
- Myriam.