Fiction - World Literature - France - 20th Century

Winner of the Eludia Award from Hidden River Arts.Daughter of a Collaborationist. Housekeeper to Gertrude Stein. An ordinary woman lives through extraordinary times.In this dual timeline narrative, a young French housekeeper lives out the years of World War II near Vichy France with her...

"Captivating . . . [HHhH] has a vitality very different from that of most historical fiction." --James Wood, The New YorkerThe basis for the major motion picture, "The Man with the Iron Heart " available on streaming and home video. HHhH: "Himmlers Hirn heisst...

Acclaimed novelist and playwright Yasmina Reza masterfully portrays the messiness of family, where affection and resentment intertwine and the weight of a shared past looms large.When adult siblings Serge, Jean, and Nana embark on an unexpected road trip, they take along one daughter and...

Autofiction meets historical investigation in this compelling ode to a young French Resistance fighter killed during World War II--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Anomaly. Struck by a name written on a facade of his new home, acclaimed author Hervé Le...

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEARTIME Magazine・NPR・Library Journal・The Globe and Mail・Lilith・Forward Magazine・Toronto Star・The New Yorker"A testament to the power of imagination and an investigation of empathy."--Vogue"Stunning."--Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker"A can't-miss novel."--Chicago Review of Books"Compelling."--The Washington ExaminerAnne Berest's The Postcard is among the most...

The New Yorker Best Books of 2024 and World Literature Today Notable Translations of 2024"Céeacute;cile Desprairies's novel, The Propagandist, is full of so many secrets that it's a wonder she managed to write it all."-The New York TimesIn a grand Paris apartment, a young...

Céline had long claimed that Death on the Installment Plan was part of a trilogy, and that the manuscripts of War and London had been stolen by the Resistance from his apartment, when he fled for his life--an abhorred collaborator--from Paris. Few believed him,...