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La Maison vide
“The Empty House” (title translated by AI)
Laurent Mauvignier (born 1967)
English editions
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In 1976 the narrator's father unlocks the house he inherited, shut for twenty years: inside wait a piano, a Legion of Honour and photos with one face cut away. From these traces the son revives the forgotten women who lived there, Marguerite and Marie-Ernestine, across two wars.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 743 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family, Historical, War (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- France
- First published
- 2025 by Éditions de Minuit
- Author's age
- 58 when first published
- ISBN
9782707356741 (original)
- More
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