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Emmanuel Carrère

Born 1957 · France

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Goncourt 2025 · Shortlist

    Kolkhoz

    Kolkhoze

    Emmanuel Carrère · 68 when first published

    Nonfiction · 416 pages · Family, Historical, Politics

    AI-generated summary:After his mother’s state funeral, a writer retraces four generations of his family: his father, a young bourgeois from Bordeaux, and his mother, a stateless émigrée who became France’s leading expert on Russia.