by Jane Smiley · Rivages · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782743643966
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«Nos premiers jours» is the family and historical novel by Jane Smiley, published by Rivages in paperback (592 pages, in French).
Set in Iowa, it follows Walter and Rosanna Langdon, who pursue the dream of owning their own farm, and their five children over three decades. Between 1920 and 1953, the novel combines everyday rural life with the social and political changes of the first half of the twentieth century, as the siblings grow up and take different paths.
First instalment of the Last Hundred Years: A Family Saga; originally published in English as Some Luck, with French translation by Carine Chichereau.
A work suited to those seeking family sagas that span several decades of American history.
Jane Smiley is an American novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for her novel A Thousand Acres (1991).
