{"product_id":"la-memoire-sous-les-vagues","title":"Memory Beneath the Waves","description":"\u003cp\u003eYukiko, a Franco-Japanese photographer, lives in Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country on March 11, 2011, she receives no news from her maternal grandmother, who lives in a small fishing village. Consumed by worry, she decides to go there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor her, it marks the beginning of a journey through a devastated country, the discovery of certain family secrets, and the finding of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho exactly was O Kanekichi, a famous geisha who entertained circles of Westerners in Yokohama in the 1860s? Despite the one hundred and fifty years separating them, the two women seem connected... And history repeats itself...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Laurence Couquiaud has a real talent for describing nature, combining botanical precision and restrained lyricism.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePierre-Michel Robert – La Vie - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eFemme Actuelle Prize 2016, Eliette Abécassis's favorite.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe opinion of Librairie du Grimoire Ancien\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Mémoire sous les vagues\u003c\/em\u003e by Laurence Couquiaud is a delicate novel that subtly weaves together the threads of past and present, collective history and individual destinies. Winner of the Femme Actuelle Prize 2016 and a favorite of Eliette Abécassis, the author delivers a work imbued with poetry and gravity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel unfolds a dual temporal narrative: that of Yukiko, a Franco-Japanese photographer searching for her grandmother after the 2011 tsunami, and that of O Kanekichi, a famous geisha from 1860s Yokohama. This mirroring structure progressively reveals family secrets and the mysterious resonances that link these two women across centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Pierre-Michel Robert points out in \u003cem\u003eLa Vie\u003c\/em\u003e, Couquiaud possesses a rare talent for describing Japanese nature with botanical precision and restrained lyricism. Her writing evokes the sensitivity of haikus, capturing the fragile beauty of a devastated country and the resilience of its inhabitants. Published by Pocket, this novel deeply resonates with the themes of the Grimoire Ancien: ancestral memory, feminine transmission, and the belief in a form of cyclical destiny. A moving and illuminating read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e— La Librairie du Grimoire Ancien\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"© 2026 Le Grimoire Ancien","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57174612115781,"sku":"9782266281645","price":10.48,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1007\/1333\/3061\/files\/la-memoire-sous-les-vagues-7256192.jpg?v=1778591531","url":"https:\/\/legrimoireancien.com\/en\/products\/la-memoire-sous-les-vagues","provider":"© 2026 Le Grimoire Ancien","version":"1.0","type":"link"}