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Biographical note
The great granddaughter of Spanish-born artist Francis Picabia and French Resistance fighter Gabriële Buffet-Picabia (Marcel Duchamp’s lover and muse), Anne Berest is an actor and author. She has been profiled in Vogue (France), Haaretz newspaper, and has also been a Chanel ambassador. With her sister Claire Berest, Berest wrote a biography of her great grandmother entitled Gabriële. She is also the author of a novel based on Françoise Sagan and the best-selling work of nonfiction How to be Parisian Wherever You Are (Doubleday, 2014), which was translated into thirty-five languages. Her novel The Postcard has won numerous awards, was a finalist for the Goncourt Prize, and was a best-seller in France. Tina Kover is a literary translator whose works include The Black City by Georges Sand, Adelaïde Bon’s The Little Girl on the Ice Floe. For Europa she recently translated Belle Greene by Alexandra Lapierre, and No Touching by Ketty Rouf.<p>“The Postcard is a vivid indictment of France’s betrayal of the Jews. And the truth about the postcard is an absolute heartbreaker.”</p>
The Sunday Times
<p>“<em>The Postcard</em> provides a vivid portrait of Vichy France as antisemitic laws tightened.”</p>
Financial Times
<p>"Delving into the past allows Anne Berest to recover part of her identity both as an individual and as one of many damaged by the horrors of persecutions that took place before they were born."</p>
TLS
<p>"The names of Ephraïm, Emma, Noémie and Jacques Rabinovitch, along with the millions of other Jews who were murdered by the Nazi regime, need to live on in our history books so that future generations never forget. Anne Berest has written a commanding piece of work, a very personal journey, with <strong>The Postcard</strong> deserving every award and piece of acclaim that it garners. Noémie Rabinovitch’s beautiful face will be forever etched in my mind."</p>
Swirl and Thread
<p><em>"The Postcard</em> goes on to spin a full and textured rendering of these relatives’ lives before they were cruelly killed, rendering the horrors of the Holocaust horrifically fresh. Once the novel has covered this ground, however, it becomes almost a modern-day thriller, circling in on the mysterious mail at its center." ("The Best–and Most Anticipated–Books of 2023", <em>VOGUE</em>)</p>
VOGUE