Beschreibung:
Anne Wiazemsky is an acclaimed French actress, author, and filmmaker born in West Berlin. She has written several award-winning novels: Filles bien élevées (La Société des Gens de Lettres Grand Prix for the Novel, 1988), Canines (Goncourt Prize, 1993), Hymnes à l'amour (1996, prix RTL-Lire), and Une poignée de gens (The French Academy's Grand Prix, 1998). Wiazemsky was married to the director Jean-Luc Godard and appeared in his films La Chinoise and Weekend. She lives in France.
In this autobiographical story, Wiazemsky writes about her mother as a young woman in war-torn Berlin. In elegant prose, Wiazemsky succeeds in portraying how love and hope can surface amidst the ravages of war and the ruins of an entire civilization.