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Prix Médicis めでぃしすしょう

Edition 41 (2011, held 2 times in year)

Fiction (French-language works)Translated works (Prix Médicis étranger)Essay/Non-fiction (Prix Médicis essai)

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David Grossman でいゔぃっど・ぐろすまん Winner

A mother walks through Galilee in an attempt to outpace the news of her son’s possible death. Memory, fear, and family bonds gather into an intense wartime novel.

A mother keeps walking so the bad news cannot catch her.

592 pages
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