Story of a quest for identity

Sunday 15 May 2016 at 2:30 PM

Around the publication of «HK», story by Chochana Boukhobza, published by Les Arènes, 2015.

Set against the backdrop of the Finaly affair that shook France in the 1950s, this book tells the story of Guy, a child who was also taken in by Antoinette Brun, and his quest for identity.

At 40, he found his mother, Helen Kalmus, an Austrian Jew who had taken refuge in France, the country where she met her father, an Alsatian, who later joined the Gestapo.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

In the presence of

Chochana Boukhobza, writer and director, and Guy Brun, witness.

Hosted by

Izio Rosenman, editor-in-chief of the journal Plurielles (subject).

Rates: 5€ / 3€ – Online booking