Tatiana de Rosnay
Author of Sarah's Key
About the Author
Tatiana de Rosnay was born September 28th, 1961 near Paris. Her father is French scientist Joël de Rosnay, her grandfather was painter Gaëtan de Rosnay and her great-grandmother was Russian actress Natalia Rachewskïa, director of the Leningrad Pushkin Theatre from 1925 to 1949. Tatiana was show more raised in Paris and then in Boston. She moved to England in the early 80's and obtained a Bachelor's degree in English literature at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich. When she returned to Paris, Tatiana became press attaché for Christie's and then Paris Editor for Vanity Fair magazine till 1993. Since 1992, Tatiana has published eight novels in France. Sarah's Key, her first novel written in English, sold over 400,000 copies worldwide. Her novels also include A Secret Kept and The House I loved. Tatiana works as a journalist for French ELLE and is literary critic for Psychologies Magazine and the Journal du Dimanche. In 2014 her title, The Other Story, made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Tatiana de Rosnay en mai 2021
Works by Tatiana de Rosnay
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Ik schrijf u vanuit het Vel d'Hiv: teruggevonden briefjes van geinterneerde joden in het Velodrome d'Hiver van Parijs (2011) — Preface; Introduction, some editions — 21 copies
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- Canonical name
- Rosnay, Tatiana de
- Legal name
- Rosnay, Tatiana de
- Birthdate
- 1961-09-28
- Gender
- female
- Education
- University of East Anglia
- Occupations
- journalist
writer - Organizations
- Vanity Fair
Elle
Psychologies
Le Journal du Dimanche - Relationships
- Rosnay, Joël de (Father)
Rosnay, Gaëtan de (grandfather)
Thomas, Hugh (uncle) - Short biography
- Tatiana de Rosnay was born on September 28th, 1961 in the suburbs of Paris, of English, French and Russian descent. Her father is French scientist Joël de Rosnay, her mother is Stella Jebb. Tatiana was raised in Paris and then in Boston, when her father taught at MIT in the 70's. She moved to England in the early 80's and obtained a Bachelor's degree in English literature at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich.
Returning to Paris in 1984, Tatiana became press attaché for Christie's and then Paris Editor for Vanity Fair magazine till 1993. Since 1992, Tatiana has published ten novels in France (published at Fayard, Plon and EHO).
She lives with her husband and two children in Paris. - Nationality
- France
UK - Birthplace
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
- Places of residence
- Paris, France
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - Map Location
- France
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I am normally a very fast reader but I read this book slowly so that I could savor every word and marvel at the way the family secrets were brought to the light. I love Paris and felt like I had taken a wet and rainy mini-vacation after I finished it. I loved the family and they are not characters that I'll soon forget.
The Malegarde family is meeting in Paris to celebrate Paul's 70th birthday and the anniversary of Paul and Lauren. They both traveled to Paris from the Drome Valley to spend show more the weekend with their two children - Tilia who is an artist and lives in London with her second husband in a rocky marriage and Linden who lives in San Francisco with his lover. Linden is a world renowned photographer who sees the world best through the eye of a camera. When the family all arrives in Paris, it has been raining for days but as the rain continues, the Seine begins to rise to levels not seen since the flood of 1910, the city begins to flood and shut down. In the midst of the devastation in Paris, Paul suffers a stroke and is taken to the hospital and Lauren is stricken with pneumonia. This is a family who love each other but don't really understand each other. They are hiding secrets and resentments from each other. As they get cut off from the rest of the world in the floods, their secrets start to come to light as they learn more about the other family members.
This is a beautifully written novel about the devastation of Paris in a flood and the flood of feeling that this family must release to better understand each other. It will make you miss Paris if you've ever been there or make you want to make plans for a trip to Paris. I LOVED IT!
Thanks to the publisher for a copy of this book to read and review. All opinions are my own. show less
The Malegarde family is meeting in Paris to celebrate Paul's 70th birthday and the anniversary of Paul and Lauren. They both traveled to Paris from the Drome Valley to spend show more the weekend with their two children - Tilia who is an artist and lives in London with her second husband in a rocky marriage and Linden who lives in San Francisco with his lover. Linden is a world renowned photographer who sees the world best through the eye of a camera. When the family all arrives in Paris, it has been raining for days but as the rain continues, the Seine begins to rise to levels not seen since the flood of 1910, the city begins to flood and shut down. In the midst of the devastation in Paris, Paul suffers a stroke and is taken to the hospital and Lauren is stricken with pneumonia. This is a family who love each other but don't really understand each other. They are hiding secrets and resentments from each other. As they get cut off from the rest of the world in the floods, their secrets start to come to light as they learn more about the other family members.
This is a beautifully written novel about the devastation of Paris in a flood and the flood of feeling that this family must release to better understand each other. It will make you miss Paris if you've ever been there or make you want to make plans for a trip to Paris. I LOVED IT!
Thanks to the publisher for a copy of this book to read and review. All opinions are my own. show less
Even though Julia & Bertrand were terrible people who did terrible things, I still enjoyed reading this. Sarah's story is a wrecking ball to the heart but I didn't know of the Vel' d'Hiv' and all that went on there in 1942. The 2000's storyline didn't do the 1940's story justice IMO. But overall I'm glad I read this.
The Rain Watcher is stunningly beautiful, sensitive, simultaneously gentle and forceful.
Against a backdrop of Paris’ epic flood, the Malegarde family come together to celebrate Paul's birthday, and Lauren's and Paul's anniversary. Continuous rain causes flood levels to rise unravelling the family's happy plans. Paul and Lauren both suffer health crises alarming Linden and Tilia, son and daughter.
Both react emotionally; Linden, by introspectively recalling and re-examining significant show more events of his life, and Tilia, normally tough, now vulnerable, crying and demanding answers. The Malegardes, a good, loving family are now moved to release the flood-gates of their feelings of guilt and remorse, and set them right.
I love the way De Rosnay adds richness to the novel by layering on more in-depth detail on her characters slowly, chapter by chapter. Masterful with language; it is both spare and descriptive, balancing the horror that Paris has become and somehow avoiding the melodramatic. I found the words to be softly poetic, inviting, and felt the book almost read itself to me! show less
Against a backdrop of Paris’ epic flood, the Malegarde family come together to celebrate Paul's birthday, and Lauren's and Paul's anniversary. Continuous rain causes flood levels to rise unravelling the family's happy plans. Paul and Lauren both suffer health crises alarming Linden and Tilia, son and daughter.
Both react emotionally; Linden, by introspectively recalling and re-examining significant show more events of his life, and Tilia, normally tough, now vulnerable, crying and demanding answers. The Malegardes, a good, loving family are now moved to release the flood-gates of their feelings of guilt and remorse, and set them right.
I love the way De Rosnay adds richness to the novel by layering on more in-depth detail on her characters slowly, chapter by chapter. Masterful with language; it is both spare and descriptive, balancing the horror that Paris has become and somehow avoiding the melodramatic. I found the words to be softly poetic, inviting, and felt the book almost read itself to me! show less
Set in a future Paris where terrorists have bombed the Eiffel Tower, this novel's focus is Clarissa, an author undergoing seismic changes in her life. After leaving her second husband for reasons that are gradually revealed by her journal entries interspersed throughout, Clarissa is pleased to be accepted for a condo in a building exclusively inhabited by artists. As she spends more time in her lovely new apartment, Clarissa becomes suspicious of her automated personal assistant and the show more cameras recording all of her movements and conversations. When she becomes increasingly creeped out and depressed, her sanity is questioned by her daughter and father, and suspense builds around the ultimate outcome for Clarissa. The strength of this novel is in the relationships described, as well as the future possibilities of artificial intelligence and climate change. However, readers looking for a tidy resolution may be disappointed. show less
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