The Postcard - Anne Berest Original Language: Russian

Original Language: Russian

weaving the tale of her mother and grandmother through a history of intrigue

on the other hand

Portraying himself as a failure

The Postcard - Anne Berest Original Language: RussianIn January 2003, the Berest family receive a mysterious, unsigned postcard. On one side was an image of the Opra Garnier; on the other, the names of their relatives who were killed in Auschwitz: Ephram, Emma, Nomie and Jacques. Years later, Anne sought to find the truth behind this postcard. She journeys 100 years into the past, tracing the lives of her ancestors from their flight from Russia following the revolution, their journey to Latvia,