This was followed by Les patriarches (Grasset, 2012), Sagan 1954 (Stock, 2014) and Recherche femme parfaite (Grasset, 2015). This moving book is at once an investigation, the novel of Berest’s ancestors, and a quest for the meaning of the word “Jew” in a secular life.Īnne Berest published her first novel in 2010, La fille de son père (Seuil). Anne Berest also seeks to understand how her grandmother, Myriam, was the only one to escape deportation. Twenty years later she decides to investigate, retracing the Rabinovitch’s extraordinary destiny with the help of her mother, a private detective, and a criminologist. On one side was an image of the Opéra Garnier, and on the other, the names of four members of her family who died in Auschwitz in 1942. La carte postale: In January 2003, among an assortment of greeting cards, Anne Berest found a strange, anonymous postcard in her mailbox. This year the Choix Goncourt comes to the United States for the first time, presented by the Académie Goncourt and organized and supported by Villa Albertine. International Goncourt Selections-made by university students in over 25 countries-are a global literary barometer, gauging how the Goncourt Prize shortlist resonates with different younger audiences around the world. The Prix Goncourt is France’s most prestigious literary prize. Opening remarks were made by Secretary General of the Académie Goncourt Philippe Claudel. The evening was chaired by internationally bestselling author, poet, and essayist Siri Hustvedt. Following a day of formal group deliberations, the jury of students from five US universities announced their decision in a ceremony at Albertine bookstore, in Villa Albertine’s Manhattan Headquarters. New York, Ap– Anne Berest’s La carte postale has been awarded the first annual Choix Goncourt United States (US Goncourt Prize Selection).
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