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The Art of Losing

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04 February 2021
480 pages
9781509884124
Imprint: Picador

Reviews

With its panoramic vision and generous spirit, The Art of Losing finds shoots of hope amid the stony landscapes of the past.
Remarkable . . . Because it deals with immigration, nationalism and Islam, it speaks urgently to our time . . . a novel about people that never loses its sense of humanity.
This pacy, complex piece of historical fiction (which was nominated for France’s most prestigious literary award, the Prix Goncourt) explores the tangled reality of identity.
Ms. Zeniter’s extraordinary achievement is to transform a complicated conflict into a compelling family chronicle, rich in visual detail and lustrous in language.