A new novel to learn more about the childhood of one of the central characters. If you don’t yet know this historical literary saga, now is the time!
Looking for a new reading ? Among the multitude of Books and all genres that arrive each month in our favorite bookstores, it is not always easy to find your way around. Already because we don’t really follow the latest literary developments or because making a choice from all of these stories is rather complicated. We can then rely on trends on social networks, like TikTok with its hashtag #BookTokto the titles selected for prizes or even the number of sales. In this last category, we find the saga best-seller The Uprooted by Catherine Bardon. On October 10, the author released a prequel novelfrom Éditions les Escales, on one of the main characters, proof that you absolutely must add these novels to your reading pile.
A prequel novel eagerly awaited by readers
“This novel was born thanks to you, dear readers. You who loved Almah so much »confides Catherine Bardon in her “final words” d’Almah, a Viennese youth. This woman, born in 1911, Jewish and originally from Vienna in Austria, conquered all those who immersed themselves in The Uprooted. She is one of the key characters. The one with which this historical saga and this family fresco begins and ends. The writer still admits to us that she received numerous messages and had several discussions on the fact thatAlmah marked his story par “his bravery, his kindness, his capacity for resilience, forgiveness, his joy of living…” It was therefore completely natural for him to return to the essence of his story, in Almah’s childhood, adolescence and early adult life. With this new novel Catherine Bardon takes us into the character’s family home, with her parents Julius and Hannah, the servants Teofila and Alois, her early years marked by warsocietal advances, its friendships, its loves, the rise of anti-Semitism…
A literary saga sold more than 600,000 copies
In 2017, Catherine Bardon was released in bookstores The Uprooted. This summerpopée of approximately 750 pages transports us to the exile of Almah, Wilhelm and their first child Vienna to the Dominican Republic passing through Switzerland and New York. They face the onset of Nazism, World War II and its looming horrors, leaving their countries and families behind. On the other side of the world, they will have to rebuild a life and relationships despite a difficult context. Through this historical fictionthe author recounts the immigration of thousands of Jews to this Pacific island. The family fresco does not stop there. The American (volume 2) tells the American adventure of Ruth, their daughter. Then in And life resumed its course et An invincible summerwe follow the evolution of the characters throughout history until Almah’s death at the age of one hundred and one.
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