Eva Figes bola autorka, ktorej tvorba sa ponorila do hlbín ľudskej pamäte a identity. Jej romány, kritické štúdie a živé pamäti skúmali témy ako postavenie žien, vojnové traumy a hľadanie domova. S vplyvom Virginie Woolfovej sa Figes vo svojej próze vyznačovala impresionistickým štýlom, zachytávajúcim jemné nuansy jednotlivých okamihov a rozvíjajúcim portréty jednotlivcov v širokom spektre skúseností.
Provides a portrait of a day in the life of an artist at work and at home. This novel features Monet, his wife, Alice, grieving for a lost daughter; a living daughter, Germaine, fretting that she will not be able to marry the young man she loves; their friend, and the abbe, eating and drinking with them.
Politically controversial and deeply moving, this powerful memoir follows the life of one ordinary woman caught up in extraordinary historical events, and explores the hidden forces that motivated the founding of a nation.