Book of My Mother

"One of the most beautiful love stories ever written."--"Paris Match"Shortly after Albert Cohen left France for London to escape the Nazis, he received news of his mother's death in Marseille. Unable to mourn her, he expressed his grief in a series of moving pieces for "La France libre," which later [...]
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"One of the most beautiful love stories ever written."--"Paris Match"Shortly after Albert Cohen left France for London to escape the Nazis, he received news of his mother's death in Marseille. Unable to mourn her, he expressed his grief in a series of moving pieces for "La France libre," which later grew into "Book of My Mother." Achingly honest, intimate, moving, it is a tribute to all mothers.Albert Cohen (1895-1981) is the author of "Solal" (1930); "Mangeclous" (1938); "Belle du Seigneur" (1968), which was awarded the French Academy's Grand Prix du Roman; and "Les Valereux" (1969).