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Toutes les familles heureuses

Toutes les familles heureuses

A Memoir
Biography & MemoirEssays
Pages
192
Published
2017
Language
English

Synopsis

A renowned French writer reflects on his upbringing and the complex relationships within his family. Hervé Le Tellier explores his childhood, marked by an absent father and a troubled mother with damaging views on love. Now in his sixties, with his parents gone, he revisits these formative experiences with a desire for understanding, humor, and a lack of anger or regret.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

MelancholicReflectiveEmotionalThought-Provoking
Family SagaComing of Age

Genres

Biography & Memoir Essays Biography

About the author

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Hervé Le Tellier

Hervé Le Tellier (born 21 April 1957 in Paris) is a French writer, poet, and journalist. Trained as a mathematician, he later earned a doctorate in linguistics. He joined the Oulipo literary group in 1992 and has served as its president since 2019. His novel L'Anomalie (The Anomaly) won the 2020 Prix Goncourt.