by Andreï Makine · Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070401871
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«Le Testament français» is the novel by Andreï Makine, published by Gallimard in paperback (342 pages, in French).
Aliocha, a Russian boy, spends summers in Siberia with his French grandmother Charlotte. Charlotte's stories reveal an idealized France he has never visited, and the boy grows up between two worlds: the Soviet and the imagined. A novel about memory, identity, and cultural clash.
Awarded the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens. The original edition was published in 1995.
French edition, for readers with command of the language or interested in contemporary French fiction in the original version.
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.
