No place to lay one's head / Fran�coise Frenkel ; with a preface by Patrick Modiano ; dossier compiled by Fr�ed�eric Maria ; translated by Stephanie Smee.
First published in France as Rien o�u poser sa t�ete by L'Arbal�et�e Gallimard in 2015.
Summary:
In 1921, Fran�coise Frenkel - a Jewish woman from Poland - opens Berlin's very first French bookshop. It is a dream come true. The bookshop attracts artists and diplomats, celebrities and poets - even the French ambassador himself. It brings Fran�coise peace, friendship and prosperity. Then one summer's day in 1939, the dream ends. It ends after Kristallnacht, when Jewish shops and businesses are smashed to pieces. It ends when no one protests. So, just weeks before the war breaks out, Fran�coise flees to France. In Paris, on the wireless and in the newspapers, horror has made itself at home. When the city is bombed, Fran�coise seeks refuge in Nice, which is awash with refugees and terrible suffering. Children are torn from their parents; mothers throw themselves under buses. Horrified by what she sees, Fran�coise goes into hiding. She survives only because strangers risk their lives to protect her. Unfolding in Berlin, Paris and against the romantic landscapes of Southern France, No Place to Lay One's Head is a heartbreaking tale of human cruelty and unending kindness; of a woman whose lust for life refuses to leave her, even in her darkest hours. -- Provided by publisher.
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