by Alexandre Jardin · GRASSET · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782246776512
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«Des gens très bien» is the testimonial novel by Alexandre Jardin, published by Grasset in paperback (304 pages, in French).
Alexandre Jardin reconstructs the story of his grandfather and reveals a family secret spanning several generations: his past during the war and the traces it left on those around him. With an intimate gaze, he probes the silences and the need to put them into words.
Originally published on 5 January 2011. The narrative is set in France and covers the 20th and 21st centuries.
For readers of memoirs and testimonial fiction interested in family secrets and 20th-century France.
Alexandre Jardin is a French writer, film director and winner of the Prix Femina, 1988, for Le Zèbre.
