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Firstly, I expected the text to be in French - since the title is - but it is in fact an excellent English translation! Check carefully if the language matters to you! It is a semi-autobiographical novel about a boy growing up in Russia but deeply steeped in French language and culture by his French grandmother. It is beautifully developed and his reflections on the relations between the two are illuminating. Its recreation of the horrors and privations of the war(s) and purges are moving and the whole work has a deeply authentic feel.
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