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L'histoire de Denis Huisman, le père de l'autrice. Avec en filigrane, le portrait de son grand-père, Georges, haut fonctionnaire juif, qui a contribué à la création du Festival de Cannes en 1939, ainsi qu'une évocation de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et de l'après-guerre.

Suite à un chagrin d'amour, à l'approche de la trentaine, la narratrice décide de traverser le désert du Maroc au Sénégal. Le récit de ce périple improbable est l'occasion pour elle de revisiter ses rapports aux hommes de l'adolescence à la maternité, l'éveil à l'amour et à la sexualité, et d'esquisser une réflexion sur l'emprise et la p...

A New York Times Notable Book A Library Journal Best Book of 2021 A "marvelous…superbly effective" (The New Yorker) debut novel about a young woman coming of age with a dazzling yet damaged mother who lived and loved in extremes.Met by rave reviews in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and more, this stunning translation of Violaine Huisman's "witty, immersive autofiction showcases a Parisian childhood with a charismatic, depressed parent" (O...

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A gorgeous, critically acclaimed debut novel about a young woman coming of age with a dazzling yet damaged mother who lived and loved in extremes. A prizewinning tour de force when it was published in France, Violaine Huisman's remarkable debut novel is about a daughter's inextinguishable love for her magnetic, mercurial mother. Beautiful and charismatic, Catherine, a.k.a. "Maman, " smokes too much, drives too fast, laughs too hard, and loves ...

A prize-winning tour de force when it came out in France, this remarkable debut novel is about a daughter's inextinguishable love for her beautiful and charismatic, Mamam, who smokes too much, drives too fast, laughs too hard and loves too extravagantly. With dark humour and emotional bravery, Violaine Huisman tells an astonishing and ferociously compelling story about a woman who is as triumphant as she is transgressive.`An exquisite evocatio...

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»Meine Mutter war eine Naturgewalt.« Violaine Huisman erzählt die Geschichte ihrer manisch-depressiven Mutter - und schreibt grandiose Literatur. Ihr Fahrstil war sportlich, mit quietschenden Reifen fuhr sie über jede rote Ampel der Champs-Elysées, in der linken Hand die Zigarette, in der rechten das Steuer, auf dem Rücksitz die beiden Töchter. Catherine konnte ausrasten, ihre Kinder unflätig beschimpfen, um sie gleich danach in Liebe zu ertr...

Unfurls memories, facts and family myths . . . poignant, terribly alive . . . the grit Huisman has in retelling her story, both as a young girl and as a writer, is as beautiful as it is brave' Le MondeA gorgeous, critically-acclaimed debut novel about a young woman coming of age with a dazzling yet damaged mother who lived and loved in extremesA prize-winning tour de force when it came out in France, Violaine Huisman's remarkable debut novel i...

A gorgeous, critically-acclaimed debut novel about a young woman coming of age with a dazzling yet damaged mother who lived and loved in extremes A prize-winning tour de force when it came out in France, Violaine Huisman's remarkable debut novel is about a daughter's inextinguishable love for her magnetic, mercurial mother. Beautiful and charismatic, Catherine, aka 'Maman', smokes too much, drives too fast, laughs too hard, and loves too extra...