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Le Testament Francais

Andrei Makine

Geoffrey Strachan

Locked behind the Iron Curtain, a young boy grows up bewitched by his French grandmother's memories of Paris before the Great War. Yet despite what he also learns of her suffering in the Soviet Union under Stalin and during the Second World War, as an adolescent he finds himself proud to be a Russian. Torn between the two cultures, he eventually makes a choice - which has a wholly unexpected outcome.

Capturing the powerful allure of illusion, this unforgettable novel traces a sentimental and intellectual journey that embraces the dramatic history of the twentieth century.

  • Classification : General & Literary Fiction
  • Pub Date : JAN 1, 2007
  • Imprint : Sceptre
  • Page Extent : 288
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9780340936412
  • Price : INR 599
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Andrei Makine

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Geoffrey Strachan

Jérôme Ferrari was born in Paris in 1968, and worked as a professor of philosophy at the international lycée in Algiers for four years before moving to Corsica, where he has been teaching since 2007. He has published three previous novels.

Geoffrey Strachan is the award-winning translator of Andreï Makine.

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