{"title":"Books by Emmanuel Carrère","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"libro-koljos-emmanuel-carrere","title":"Koljós","description":"\u003cp\u003eA complete book, a dazzling narrative construction where the story of a family and the history of the 20th and 21st centuries converge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKoljós is Emmanuel Carrère's most intimate book: a captivating family story that begins with the state funeral of his mother, Hélène Carrère d’Encausse, a major figure in French intellectual life, the first woman to lead the Academy, and a recognized authority on the study of Russian history. Her death in 2023 prompted the author to review a collection of archives, letters, and photographs that his father had gathered throughout his life, which form the starting point of this investigation: a genealogy deeply intertwined with some of the great conflicts of the 20th century, spanning from Tbilisi to Paris, from prerevolutionary Russia to present-day Ukraine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarrère thus reconstructs the journey of his great-grandparents, the Zurabishvili, enlightened bourgeois who went into exile from Georgia after the Bolshevik Revolution; the erratic grandfather Georges, marked by poverty, defeatism, and a collaboration with the German occupiers that was never fully clarified; and, above all, the unstoppable rise of Hélène, brilliant, severe, rigorous, and often impenetrable; a legendary and controversial personality whose legacy and complexity shape those around her. He also rediscovers the discreet figure of his father, Louis, a gentle and humble character always in Hélène’s shadow, offering an emotional counterpoint to maternal austerity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmmanuel Carrère’s new novel, winner of the Médicis Prize and the Grand Continent Prize in 2025, moves between family history and grand history, offering an accurate portrait of Europe in the past and present century. But above all, it is a confrontation with the memory of the maternal figure seen with the author’s usual blend of precision, empathy, and lucidity. A confrontation that reveals the public and private facets of Hélène Carrère, but also the deep love and recognition her son has for all that he owes her.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Editorial Anagrama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57016875254104,"sku":"LIB-KO-ED-691","price":23.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8464\/0856\/files\/9788433949097.jpg?v=1775065780"}],"url":"https:\/\/eu.plasticbooks.com\/en\/collections\/libros-emmanuel-carrere.oembed","provider":"Plastic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}