A historian traces his father's despair back to Russia
In "Adieu ma Russie," historian Nicolas Werth links his own reckoning with the country of his origins to the suicide of his father, the British journalist Alexander Werth, in 1969.
Published for this year's rentrée littéraire, "Adieu ma Russie" is historian Nicolas Werth's account of a double itinerary shaped by Russia's fate, according to Télérama. The book traces the parallel paths of Werth and his father, the British journalist Alexander Werth, who took his own life in 1969.
According to Télérama, the historian draws a connection between his father's despair and his own, examining the painful relationship both men had with the country from which they came.
Télérama frames the book as a meditation on how the weight of history can bear down on a single family across generations, filtered through a son's attempt to understand a father he lost decades ago.
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