Les bagages de sable (Anna Langfus, 1962)

Anna Langfus is a forgotten writer; to the extent that she’s remembered at all, it’s as the recipient of the Goncourt prize of 1962, for Les Bagages de sable. She was a refugee from the second world war, who grew up in a Jewish family in Lublin, Poland. She survived by adopting the identity of … Continue reading Les bagages de sable (Anna Langfus, 1962)