The Postcard -- Anne Berest, Hardcover

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.

Author: Anne Berest
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 05/16/2023
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.54lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9781609458386

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/2023 pg. 65
Publishers Weekly 03/20/2023
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2023
Booklist 04/01/2023 pg. 26
Foreword 04/27/2023
Shelf Awareness 05/14/2023