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A magnificent novel -- Antoine Perraud * La Croix * With extraordinary subtlety, the author explores 'the intangible and most ancient familial laws' -- Astrid De Larminat * Figaro *

A magnificent novel -- Antoine Perraud * La Croix * With extraordinary subtlety, the author explores 'the intangible and most ancient familial laws' -- Astrid De Larminat * Figaro * An exquisite and mesmerising work of genius. Intimate in scale and charged with intense lyricism, Lafon's novel takes in the aftershocks of war, the silences and secrets held in tension across the generations, and the griefs and losses that accompany a coming of age -- Sarah Holland-Batt This took my breath away, again and again. Lafon is magic ... A thrilling read in Stephanie Smee's masterful translation -- Anna Funder A work of the purest literary quality: muscular and densely packed, yet graceful in all its movements, and glowing with brilliant detail -- Helen Garner

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Originally from the Cantal, Marie-Helene Lafon is a classics professor in Paris. Histoire du Fils, (The Son's Story) was the winner of the Prix Renaudot 2020.

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