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Who it's for · Why people still read it · If you like it, read next
- Who it's for
- For readers of family memoirs that meet the wider history of the twentieth century, from pre-revolutionary Russia to present-day Ukraine, and for those who already know Carrère's way of looking at his own life.
- Why people still read it
- It won the Prix Médicis and the Grand Continent Prize in 2025.
If you like it, read next
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- Léxico familiarNatalia GinzburgA portrait of a cultured family caught up in twentieth-century European history.
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