Bibliograph

The art of losing, Alice Zeniter ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne

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The art of losing, Alice Zeniter ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The art of losing

Oclc number

1153487683

Responsibility statement

Alice Zeniter ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne

Summary

The Algerian War for Independence sent Naïma's grandfather on a journey, from wealthy olive grove owner and respected veteran of the First World War, to refugee spurned as a harki by his fellow Algerians in the transit camps of southern France, to immigrant barely scratching out a living in the north. Naïma knows Algeria only by the artifacts she encounters in her grandparents' tiny apartment in Normandy: the language her grandmother speaks but Naïma can't understand, the food her grandmother cooks, and the precious things her grandmother carried when they fled. Naïma's father claims to remember nothing; he has made himself French. Now Naïma is traveling to Algeria to see for herself what was left behind-- including her family's secrets. -- adapted from jacket

Target audience

adult

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