by Andrei Makine · Circulo de Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422665656
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«El testamento francés» is the novel by Andrei Makine, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (268 pages, in Spanish).
A boy grows up in the Soviet Union listening to the stories of his French grandmother, who conveys to him an idealized image of France and its culture. Between family memory and the contrast with harsh Soviet life, the protagonist builds his identity through imagination and the memory of a distant country.
Winner of the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Médicis in 1995. Original title: Le Testament français. Spanish translation by Javier Albiñana.
For readers of contemporary and historical fiction interested in memory, identity, and the cultural clash between France and Russia.
Andreï Yaroslavovich Makine is a French novelist. He also publishes under the pseudonym Gabriel Osmonde. Makine's novels include Dreams of My Russian Summers (1995) which won two top French awards, the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Médicis. He was elected to seat 5 of the Académie Française on 3 March 2016, succeeding Assia Djebar.
