Claire Berest is the author of the novels Mikado (2009), The Empty Orchestra, Bellevue (2016), Rien n’est noir, winner of the ELLE Readers Grand Prize, and two works of nonfiction, Class Struggle: Why I Resigned from National Education, and Lost Children: An Investigation in the Minors Brigade. Her most recent novel is Artifices.
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Upcoming events
Learn more about the extraordinary Gabriële Buffet, Anne Berest’s great-grandmother and the subject of her new novel, Gabriële, written with her sister Claire.
November 9-16
Join Anne Berest as she returns to the U.S. to discuss her best-selling novel The Postcard and introduce Gabriële, her highly anticipated new novel coming April 2025.
Latest reviews
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“A revealing, heartrending biographical novel about a complicated woman whose imprint on art history is undeniable.”— Foreword Reviews, Mar 1 2025![]()
“A remarkable champion of the avant-garde, unremembered by history, is rescued from obscurity by her great-granddaughters, a pair of writing sisters... An atmospheric excavation of an unusual woman and marriage, both intriguing and remote.”— Kirkus Reviews, Feb 1 2025![]()
“If you loved Anne Berest’s The Postcard you absolutely must read this furtherance of her most remarkable family’s story... This is an even more astounding, fascinating and enlightening account of a clan like no other.”
— Reading the West, Jan 29 2025![]()
“The Berest sisters follow up Anne’s The Postcard with a colorful portrait of their great-grandmother Gabriële Buffet-Picabia. With lyrical prose, the Berests blend historical context with more intimate insights.”— Publishers Weekly, Jan 24 2025
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