{"id":8867820,"date":"2026-04-16T15:56:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=8867820"},"modified":"2026-05-01T13:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:58:08","slug":"violaine-huisman-on-tour-in-boston","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/violaine-huisman-on-tour-in-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Violaine Huisman on Tour in Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Violaine Huisman<\/strong>&nbsp;is a French novelist, translator, and cultural curator based in New York for over two decades. Her debut novel,&nbsp;<em>The Book of Mother<\/em>&nbsp;(<em>Fugitive parce que reine<\/em>), which explored her beautiful bipolar mother\u2019s life, was translated worldwide and received multiple awards. It was also named one of&nbsp;<em>The New York Times<\/em>\u2019 Notable Books of 2021 and is currently being adapted for the screen.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following its international success, Violaine Huisman turns in her latest novel, T<em>he Monuments of Paris<\/em>, to two towering figures at the center of her family story: her father and her grandfather, exploring the myths and contradictions that shaped her inheritance and whose legacy continue to shape French cultural life. Reconstructing a past she did not witness, Violaine Huisman draws on archives and family narratives to trace a path from power to dispossession, weaving in Proustian figures where the record falls silent, and blending historical precision with literary mastery.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program <br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 6:00PM <br>The Monuments of Paris: Rewriting Family History, an author talk with Violaine Huisman <\/strong><br><br>French Library, in partnership with Villa Albertine Boston<br>(53 Malborough Street, Boston MA)<br><br>Join this French novelist for a conversation on her family history with figures who contributed to the French cultural sphere in 1930s, yet were nearly erased from history due to political upheaval. <br><br>She will be joined by Benoit Landon, the moderator of this discussion, who is a journalist and librarian at the French Library. <br><br>This event is open to the public and will be followed by a Q&amp;A and a book signing. 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