Assam

Gérard de Cortanze · 2002 CE · Novel · French · Contemporary

A narrator reconstructs his family's history from its Piedmontese ancestors across the twentieth century, a quest that ends in the Assam of the title. Winner of the 2002 Prix Renaudot, it belongs to the French vogue for the family saga as autofiction.

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