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Tells the story of a woman who lived through the horrors of the Holocaust and would ultimately die unable to extricate herself from its corrosive memory. It is told from the point of view of her son, who, not long after losing her, learns that he is about to become a father. These two events become the impetus for reconstructing Perla's past and for understanding gestation.

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“[Frédéric Brun’s] first novel strikes its reader by its questioning, its humility, and its necessity.”—Alexandre Fillon, Livres-Hebdo

“Startling in its resplendent gentleness.”—Valérie Marin La Meslée, Le Point

“Simple and clear in its language yet still capable of spanning a large and complicated subject. . . . A beautiful book and a glowing bright epitaph. But also—in all its beauty—a defiant act against the great darkness. In all its shapes.”—Jeppe Krogsgaard Christensen, Berlinske

“Luminous pages, the beauty of well-written phrases, the delicate and pure style of an author one absolutely must discover.”—Mohammed Aïssaoui, Le Figaro Littéraire

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    A Paperback / softback by Frédéric Brun, Sarah Gendron, Jennifer Vanderheyden

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      Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
      Publication Date: 01/10/2017
      ISBN13: 9781496201027, 978-1496201027
      ISBN10: 1496201027
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      Literary studies: fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Tells the story of a woman who lived through the horrors of the Holocaust and would ultimately die unable to extricate herself from its corrosive memory. It is told from the point of view of her son, who, not long after losing her, learns that he is about to become a father. These two events become the impetus for reconstructing Perla's past and for understanding gestation.

      Trade Review
      “[Frédéric Brun’s] first novel strikes its reader by its questioning, its humility, and its necessity.”—Alexandre Fillon, Livres-Hebdo

      “Startling in its resplendent gentleness.”—Valérie Marin La Meslée, Le Point

      “Simple and clear in its language yet still capable of spanning a large and complicated subject. . . . A beautiful book and a glowing bright epitaph. But also—in all its beauty—a defiant act against the great darkness. In all its shapes.”—Jeppe Krogsgaard Christensen, Berlinske

      “Luminous pages, the beauty of well-written phrases, the delicate and pure style of an author one absolutely must discover.”—Mohammed Aïssaoui, Le Figaro Littéraire

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