The novel "The Art of Losing" brought the author the Goncourt Lyceum Prize and the Le Monde Prize.A strong and frank saga about three generations of one family that went through three wars that changed continents. The Art of Losing is a novel about the price our descendants pay for the choices we make.Naima knows almost nothing about Algeria, the homeland of her ancestors. She does not understand Arabic, is not fond of national cuisine and does not see value in family trinkets. Her grandparents fled from a state devastated by civil war. Their children had to renounce their past and their cultural identity in order to have a chance at a future in France. Now Naima embarks on an independent journey to Algeria, where she discovers that she is connected to this country much more than she expected.The story of how we continue to live in the face of loss: the loss of a country, identity, language , connections. About the legacy of colonialism, immigration, family and war.