by Erik Orsenna · CIrculo De Lectores, S.A · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422632139
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«La exposición colonial» is the novel by French writer Erik Orsenna, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (608 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Gabriel Orsenna, a young man raised in a singular family environment who embraces positivism and works at the London embassy, where he meets Clara and Ann Knight. After his adventures in Brazil, he returns to France and takes part in the preparations for the 1931 Colonial Exhibition, in a chronicle of the decline of the French empire.
Spanish edition of 1990, translated by Emma Calatayud. Winner of the 1988 Prix Goncourt; its original title is «L'Exposition coloniale».
For readers of literary and historical fiction interested in the twilight of the French colonial empire and eccentric characters.
Érik Orsenna is the pen-name of Érik Arnoult a French politician and novelist. After studying philosophy and political science at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, Orsenna specialized in economics at the London School of Economics. He was a close collaborator of François Mitterrand and held several government positions in the 1980s and 1990s. He is a member of the Conseil d'État, having been appointed in 1985. He was elected to the Académie Française on 28 May 1998. He won the 1990 International Nonino Prize in Italy. For Voyage au pays du coton he received the second prize of the Lettre Ulysses Award in 2006.
