The story traces five generations of the Rabinovitch family as they flee from Russia to Latvia and Palestine before settling in France.
The narrative begins when a postcard arrives bearing the names of four of Berest's ancestors—Ephraïm, Emma, Noémie, and Jacques—who were all killed at Auschwitz in 1942. Years later, prompted by an antisemitic incident at her daughter's school and a desire to understand her heritage, Berest launches a meticulous investigation with her mother, Lélia, to find the sender. La postal - Anne Berest.epub
By fictionalizing gaps in the historical record, Berest gives voice and life to ancestors who were otherwise reduced to statistics. Critical Reception The story traces five generations of the Rabinovitch
The book examines how the horrors of the Holocaust and the experiences of survivors impact their descendants. By fictionalizing gaps in the historical record, Berest
Anne Berest's novel La postal (originally La carte postale ) is a critically acclaimed work of autofiction that investigates the origins of a mysterious anonymous postcard sent to her family home in 2003.
Berest explores what it means to be Jewish in modern France, particularly for someone who was not raised with a religious or traditional Jewish education.