Our Precious Wars

Name: Our Precious Wars
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781787705944
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By Perrine Tripier

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What remains of the springs, summers, autumns, and winters of a woman's life? Isadora, now an old woman relegated to a hospice, looks back on her life and how intimately intertwined it was with that of the big, sprawling house where she spent almost her entire... Read More

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An ode to memory, and to the beauty of the natural world.

Description

What remains of the springs, summers, autumns, and winters of a woman's life?

Isadora, now an old woman relegated to a hospice, looks back on her life and how intimately intertwined it was with that of the big, sprawling house where she spent almost her entire existence.

Her memories of childhood and beyond come back to her, season by season: from the games and warmth of Summer and the back-to-school days of Autumn, to the crisp, cold days of Winter—days of loneliness and death—and to Spring's promise of renewal, and of the return to the house that meant so much to her.

Told in lyrical, beguiling language, Isadora guides the reader through the maze of her memory by classifying, like a watercolourist, her recollections by season.

Our Precious Wars by Perrine Tripier is a poignant exploration of memory, time, and the significance of place.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781787705944

Publisher: Europa Editions (UK) Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 October 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Europa Editions (UK) Ltd

Contributors:

Translated by Alison Anderson
Translated by Alison Anderson
Translated by Alison Anderson

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 200

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Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Perrine Tripier

About the Author

Perrine Tripier is a 25-year-old author originally from Limousin, and has been writing since she was a child. For her first novel, Our Precious Wars, she received the 2023 Aznavour Prize for Words of Love.

Alison Anderson's translations for Europa Editions include novels by Sélim Nassib, Amélie Nothomb, and Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt. She is the translator of The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery.