by Andreï Makine · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483100035
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«El testamento francés» is the novel by Andreï Makine, published by Tusquets Editores in paperback (296 pages, in Spanish).
A man born in Siberia recalls his childhood marked by the stories of his maternal grandmother Charlotte, a Frenchwoman settled in Russia since 1903. Through fables, poems, photographs and old newspapers kept in a suitcase, Charlotte reveals to her grandchildren a world of beauty and culture far removed from the harsh Soviet reality.
Winner of the Prix Goncourt, the Prix Médicis and the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens in 1995. Belongs to the Andanzas collection (number 284).
For readers of literary and historical fiction interested in memory, identity and the contrast between French culture and life in the Soviet Union.
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.
