Winner of the International Dublin Literary AwardRemarkable . . . a novel about people that never loses its sense of humanity ndash The Sunday TimesZeniterrsquos extraordinary achievement is to transform a complicated conflict into a compelling family chronicle. ndash The Wall Street JournalNaima has always known that her fathers family were from Algeria ndash but up until now, that has meant very little to her. Born and raised in France, her knowledge of that foreign country is limited to what she has learned from her grand parents tiny flat in a crumbling French sink estate the food cooked for her, the few precious things they brought with them when they fled.On the past, her family is silent. Why was her grandfather Ali forced to leave? Naimarsquos father, Hamid, claims to remember nothing. Now, Naima will see Algeria for herself, will ask the questions about her familyrsquos history that, until now, have had no answers.Spanning three generations across seventy years, The Art of Losing tells the story of how people carry on in the face of loss ndash the loss of a country, an identity, a way to speak to your children ndash a story of colonization and immigration, and how we are a product of the things we have left behind.Translated from the French by Frank WynneThis book is supported by the Institut francais (RoyaumeUni) as part of the Burgess programme.

Binding: Paperback;480 pages; Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Int Ltd - MDL; Classification: FA; Weight: 458 g; Dimensions: 130 x 196 x 34

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