“The past is not a foreign country, but the landscape of our lives.”

— Eva Figes

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About Eva Figes

Author • British

Eva Figes was a distinguished British author, feminist critic, and memoirist, born in Berlin, Germany. Fleeing Nazi persecution, her family emigrated to London in 1939, an experience that profoundly shaped her life and...

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