Prix Médicis めでぃしすしょう
Edition 39 (1995, held 4 times in year)
Fiction (French-language works)Translated works (Prix Médicis étranger)Essay/Non-fiction (Prix Médicis essai)
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Andreï Makine
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An autobiographical novel built around the memories of Charlotte, a French grandmother, and the historical crossings between Russia and France. Fragments of recollection accumulate into a dreamlike meditation on home, movement, and memory.
Fragments of memory connect Russia and France in a dreamlike way.
320 pages
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