When Anne Berest began work on “The Postcard,” she didn’t know how the novel would end. In fact, she didn’t know if there was an end to the mystery based on her own family’s investigation into the ...
Anne and Claire Berest on the forgotten life of Gabriële Buffet, who influenced art – and caught the eye of everyone from Picabia to Picasso Eleanor Halls is a writer covering music, books, film and ...
(JTA) On a snowy day in 2003, Lélia Picabia received a postcard at her Paris home. Mysteriously, it contained only the first names of four of her ancestors who had perished in the Holocaust. A ...
Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Copyright 2024 NPR NPR's Scott Simon talks with Anne Berest about her new novel "The Postcard." It's ...
Anne Berest’s great-grandparents, along with her grandmother’s sister and brother, were taken from their home in France in 1942 and murdered in Auschwitz. Their names were Ephraïm, Emma, Noémie and ...
(JTA) — On a snowy day in 2003, Lélia Picabia received a postcard at her Paris home. Mysteriously, it contained only the first names of four of her ancestors who had perished in the Holocaust. A ...
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Anne Berest about her new novel "The Postcard." It's based on the author's own family history and unwinds a mystery... Anne Berest's novel traces her family history and ...
An unsigned postcard arrives at the Berest home in Paris in January of 2003. A photo of the Opera Garnier is on the front - on the back, no message, just four names written in ballpoint pen - Ephraim, ...
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. An unsigned postcard arrives at the ...