Anmerkungen:
Second selection for the Goncourt 2017 literary prize; first selection for the Renaudot 2017 literary prize; first selection for the Femina 2017 literary prize; first selection for the Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française 2017 literary prize
Beschreibung:
In "The Art of Losing", Goncourt Prize for high school students 2018, Alice Zeniter tells the fate, between France and Algeria, successive generations of a family trapped in a tenacious past and repairs an injustice by giving the word to those who had never taken it. The fifth novel by this 31-year-old writer on the silences of the Algerian war impresses permanently.--Translation by LCI
Alors que la France est traversée par une crise identitaire, l'écrivaine s'interroge sur ses origines algériennes dont elle ne connaît rien, du fait du silence douloureux de sa famille. Elle choisit alors de raconter le destin des générations successives, entre la France et l'Algérie.