by Mathias Enard · ACTES SUD · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782742793624
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«Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'éléphants» is the historical novel by Mathias Enard, published by Actes Sud in paperback (160 pages, in French).
In May 1506 Michelangelo arrives in Constantinople knowing of the wrath of Pope Julius II, who had commissioned a sepulchre still under construction. Sultan Bayezid offers him the chance to design a bridge over the Golden Horn; from this episode, the novel imagines the artist's weeks in the Ottoman world as a reflection on creation and the unfinished gesture.
Novel winner of the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens 2010, published in August 2010.
For readers of historical fiction and literary fiction interested in the Renaissance and the encounter between the West and the Ottoman world.
Mathias Énard is a French writer and translator. He is the recipient of several literary awards, including the Prix Goncourt in 2015, for his novel Compass. Since 2020, he has produced and hosted a literary program on France Culture.
