All Stories are Resurrection Stories: A Review of Tata by Valérie Perrin (opens in new tab)

Tata by Valérie Perrin, translated from the French by Hildegarde Serle, Europa Editions, 2026 In a passing moment of Valérie Perrin’s Tata, the heroine Agnès Septembre overhears Françoise Hardy’s song, “Mon amie la rose.” While reading, I too caught myself keeping Hardy’s voice on a loop, with its same slow and lonely build capturing the […]