by Andrée Chedid · Flammarion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782080648099
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«La Maison sans racines» is a novel by Andrée Chedid published by Flammarion in paperback (247 pages, in French).
Sybil, an American girl, and her grandmother Kalya, who lives in Paris, do not know each other and decide to meet in the Lebanon of their ancestors. In 1975, as Beirut approaches tragedy, a walk through a square revives in Kalya her 1932 holidays with her grandmother Nouza. A story about identity, memory and roots.
Andrée Chedid, born in Cairo in 1920, cultivated theatre, the novel and poetry in French and died in 2011.
For readers of contemporary French literature and stories set in Lebanon.
Andrée Chedid, born Andrée Saab Khoury, was an Egyptian-French poet and novelist of Lebanese and Syrian descent. She is the recipient of numerous literary awards and was made a Grand Officer of the French Legion of Honour in 2009.
