Prix Femina ぷり・ふぇみな
Edition 57 (1960)
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Louise Bellocq
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Set in a house that is being sold and emptied, the novel follows the memories and emotions that surface during the final clearing out. Room by room, the relationships between siblings and the events of the past return quietly, and the house itself becomes a vessel of memory.
The more the house is emptied, the more sharply the memories left behind come into view.
301 pages
family memoryancestral homesiblingslossreturn