Lit in Translation

The Age of Reinvention

L'Invention de nos vies

Karine Tuil (born 1972)

Translated by Sam Taylor

English editions

In English

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Sam Tahar, a powerful New York lawyer, rich and well married, built his career on a lie: he took on the Jewish identity of his old friend Samuel, a struggling writer stuck in a troubled French banlieue. Years ago, Nina chose Samuel out of pity. Reunited in middle age, the three collide.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
492 pages in the original
Genres
Love, Politics (assigned by AI)
Set in
United States, France
First published
2013 by Grasset
Author's age
41 when first published
ISBN

9782246807520 (original)

9781471153945 (Scribner, United Kingdom)

9781476776347 (Atria Books, United States)

9781501125645 (Washington Square Press, United States)