by Laurent Gaudé · ACTES SUD · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782330028626
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«Pour seul cortège» is the historical novel by Laurent Gaudé, published by Actes Sud in paperback (192 pages, in French).
At a banquet in Babylon, Alexander the Great collapses, struck by fever. Alexander's generals vie for his inheritance and the honour of guarding his remains; a messenger from India and a young woman of royal blood, hidden from the world, come to meet him. Duty, ambition, love and mourning merge in a final ride towards legend.
This edition belongs to the Babel collection; the work was originally published in 2012.
For readers of historical fiction and contemporary French literature, with an interest in the myth of Alexander the Great.
Laurent Gaudé is a French writer.
