Memory by Philippe Grimbert
Twenty years after his mother and father jumped to their deaths from a balcony, Philippe Grimbert has written a gripping novel about the hidden memories that dominated their lives. A colossal bestseller in Europe, Memory is the story of a family haunted by the secret of their past: an illicit love affair, a lost child, and a devastating betrayal dating back to the Second World War. The day after my fifteenth birthday, I finally learned what I had always known. Growing up in postwar Paris as the sickly only child of glamorous athletic parents, the narrator invents for himself a make-believe older brother, stronger and more brilliant than he can ever be. It is only when the boy begins talking to an old family friend that he comes to realize that his imaginary sibling had a real predecessor: a half brother whose death in the concentration camps is part of a buried family secret that he was intended never to uncover. A spare, erotic, and ultimately cathartic narrative, Memory is a mesmerizing tale of coming to terms with one's shameful past through the unraveling of a series of dark desires.
Grimbert, Philippe: - Philippe Grimbert est un ecrivain et psychanalyste francais. Passionne de musique, de danse et d'informatique, il a publie des essais (Psychanalyse de la chanson, Pas de fumee sans Freud, Chantons sous la psy, Evitez le divan, Avec Freud au quotidien) et est aussi l'auteur de plusieurs romans: La Petite Robe de Paul, La Mauvaise rencontre, Un garcon singulier et Un secret, recompense par le prix Goncourt des lyceens en 2004, le prix des Lectrices de Elle en 2005 et adapte au cinema par Claude Miller en 2007.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781416560005 |
| ISBN 10 | 1416560009 |
| Title | Memory |
| Author | Philippe Grimbert |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon And Schuster |
| Year published | 2008-12-30 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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