by Judith Perrignon · Stock · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782234059542
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«Les chagrins» is the novel by French author Judith Perrignon, published by Stock in paperback (203 pages, in French).
Angèle discovers she was born in 1967 in the Parisian women's prison of La Petite Roquette, demolished in 1973. After her mother (Helena) dies, Angèle finds letters, a newspaper article and the name of the man Helena loved; with these clues, the novel reconstructs her story through several voices to speak of memory, love and loss.
The novel originally appeared in 2010 in the La Bleue collection and bears the mention «roman» on its cover.
For readers of literary fiction who enjoy stories about historical memory, family ties and secrets of the past.
