02433cam a2200397 i 4500 496679182 TxGeo 20210305120000.0 201014s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020046597 9780374182304 hbk. 0374182302 hbk. (OCoLC)1153487683 TxGeo rda eng fre Zeniter, Alice. Art de perdre English. The art of losing : a novel / Alice Zeniter ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne. First American edition. New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. 434 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Translation of "Art de perdre.". "Naïma knows Algeria only by the artifacts she encounters in her grandparents' tiny apartment in Normandy: the language her grandmother speaks but Naïma can't understand, the food her grandmother cooks, and the precious things her grandmother carried when they fled. Naïma's father claims to remember nothing; he has made himself French. Her grandfather died before he could tell her his side of the story. But now Naïma will travel to Algeria to see for herself what was left behind--including their secrets. The Algerian War for Independence sent Naïma's grandfather on a journey of his own, from wealthy olive grove owner and respected veteran of the First World War, to refugee spurned as a harki by his fellow Algerians in the transit camps of southern France, to immigrant barely scratching out a living in the north. The long battle against colonial rule broke apart communities, opened deep rifts within families, and saw the whims of those in even temporary power instantly overturn the lives of ordinary people. Where does Naïma's family fit into this history? How do they fit into France's future?"-- Provided by publisher. 20210323. Translated into English from French. Families Fiction. Algerians France Fiction. Immigrants France Fiction. Algeria History Revolution, 1954-1964 Influence Fiction. Domestic fiction. Wynne, Frank, translator. QS5