Eva Figes was an author whose work delved into the depths of human memory and identity. Her novels, critical studies, and vivid memoirs explored themes of women's status, wartime trauma, and the search for belonging. With affinities to Virginia Woolf, Figes's prose was characterized by an impressionistic style, capturing the subtle nuances of individual moments and developing portraits of individuals across a spectrum of experiences.
Provides a portrait of a day in the life of an artist at work and at home. This novel features Monet, his wife, Alice, grieving for a lost daughter; a living daughter, Germaine, fretting that she will not be able to marry the young man she loves; their friend, and the abbe, eating and drinking with them.
Politically controversial and deeply moving, this powerful memoir follows the life of one ordinary woman caught up in extraordinary historical events, and explores the hidden forces that motivated the founding of a nation.