"‘One of the best novels yet by one of the best novelists alive’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘This moving, profound and exquisitely written novel… its themes are memory and nostalgia and, as always, the personal and the political are beautifully interwoven.’ MAIL ON SUNDAY
‘A pleasure to read’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
Original French title: L'ignorance
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