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The Son's Story by Marie-Hélène Lafon - ISBN: 9781035420230
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Secrets, love, and tragedy haunt a son seeking his family’s truth.

The Son's Story

The captivating new novel by the award-winning French author

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  • Paperback

    160 pages

  • Release Date

    29 October 2024

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Summary

The Son’s Story, by the award-winning French writer Marie-Helene Lafon, is a story of family secrets, forbidden love, and tragedy at the heart of it all.

WINNER OF THE PRIX RENAUDOT

‘This took my breath away, again and again. Lafon is magic … A thrilling read in Stephanie Smee’s masterful translation’ - Anna Funder, Sunday Times bestselling author of Wifedom

‘A work of the purest literary quality: muscular and densely packed, yet graceful in a…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781035420230
ISBN-10:1035420236
Author:Marie-Hélène Lafon
Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
Imprint:Mountain Leopard Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:29 October 2024
Weight:120g
Dimensions:194mm x 128mm x 20mm
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Critics Review

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

About The Author

Marie-Hélène Lafon

Originally from the Cantal, Marie-Hélène 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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