On Saturday, November 16, join 2021 US Goncourt Choice-winning author Anne Berest and American writer A.M. Homes for a conversation about family, history and identity, moderated by Adam Dalva. 

Both authors will discuss how personal narratives shape our understanding of identity within today’s cultural landscape. Anne Berest will explore her family history, illustrating how the past influences individual and collective memory. A.M. Homes, known for her insights into family dynamics, will address how relationships impact our self-perception. 

The conversation will touch on storytelling’s role in preserving legacies, the impact of trauma and resilience across generations, and the complexities of cultural identity in a globalized world. By sharing their experiences, Berest and Homes will emphasize the enduring influence of family history on identity and the power of narratives that shape our lives. 

The conversation will take place in English and will be followed by a book signing. This event is free with RSVP. Click here for tickets. 

This event is co-organized with Villa Albertine, and is a part of Albertine’s 10th Anniversary Celebration. It is made possible thanks to Europa Editions. 

ANNE BEREST is a French author and screenwriter. Her first novel to appear in English, The Postcard (trans. by Tina Kover, Europa,), was a national indie bestseller, a Library Journal, NPR, and TIME Best Book of the Year, a Vogue Most Anticipated Book of the Year, and the winner of the 2021 US Goncourt Prize. With her sister, Claire Berest, she is also the author of Gabriële (Europa, 2025), a critically acclaimed, best-selling “true novel” based on the life of her great-grandmother, Gabriële Buffet-Picabia, wife of Francis Picabia, Marcel Duchamp’s lover and muse, a leader of the French Resistance, and an art critic of considerable note. 

A.M. HOMESis the author of thirteen books that have been translated into twenty-two languages, among them the best-selling memoir The Mistress’ Daughter(Penguin Books) and the novelUnfolding (Penguin Books). She has been the recipient of numerous awards including Fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, NYFA, and The Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at The New York Public Library, along with the Benjamin Franklin Award, and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis. She also writes for film and television and teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Princeton University.

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