Charlotte

A family tragedy shortly before World War II marked the life of little Charlotte, who already showed signs of the accomplished artist she would become. Obsessed with art and life, the young woman, progressively excluded from all spheres of German society with the rise of Nazism, had to abandon everything to seek refuge in France. In exile, she began an autobiographical work of fascinating modernity. David Foenkinos puts in his own words an original, passionate, and vivid tribute to Charlotte Salomon. This haunting and redemptive novel, based on the life of the tragic real figure who serves as its protagonist, is the story of a search—the search of a writer obsessed with an artist.