La Vie Rêvée d'Ernesto G.

Synopsis of La Vie Rêvée d'Ernesto G.

«La Vie Rêvée d'Ernesto G.» is the historical novel by Jean-Michel Guenassia, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (576 pages, in French).

The novel follows Joseph Kaplan, son and grandson of Jewish doctors from Prague, from the 1930s to the 1980s, in settings ranging from the banks of the Marne to Algiers and Prague. Between wars, political commitments and romantic disappointments, his life changes in 1966 when he meets a Cuban revolutionary named Ernesto G. in a sanatorium.

The novel was originally published in 2012; this paperback edition, number 33197 from Le Livre de Poche, appeared in January 2014.

For readers of European historical fiction, especially those who enjoy plots that link private lives and political episodes of the 20th century.