"Every note of the characters' correspondence rings true."--"Le
Nouvel Observateur"
"A page-turning novel with a skilfully woven plot."--"Page des
Libraires"
"Rich in deftly turned prose and subtle character
study."--"Sud-Ouest"
"A wonderful book about the archaeology of memory."--"Le
Magazine Litteraire"
"Elegant, restrained, and poetic."--"France Inter"
"The three figures in the photograph are frozen forever, two men
and a woman bathed in sunlight . . ."
The chance discovery of a newspaper image from 1971 sets two
people on the path to learning the disturbing truth about their
parents' pasts.
Parisian archivist Helene takes out a newspaper advert calling
for information about her mother, who died when she was three, and
the two men pictured with her in a photograph taken at a tennis
tournament at Interlaken in 1971. Stephane, a Swiss biologist
living in Kent, responds: his father is one of the people in the
photo. Letters and more photos pass between them as they embark on
a journey to uncover the truth their parents kept from them. But
will the relics of the past fill the silences left by the
players?
Winner of fifteen literary awards, this dark yet touching drama
deftly explores the themes of blame and forgiveness, identity and
love.
Helene Gestern lives and works in Nancy, France. "The People in
the Photo" is her first novel.
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