by Dominique Fernandez · Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253129646
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«Ramon» is the biography that Dominique Fernandez devoted to his father, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback of 761 pages, in French.
Dominique Fernandez explores the figure of his father, the critic and intellectual Ramon Fernandez, and reconstructs his evolution from socialism to fascist collaboration. The book combines family memory, literary history and political analysis, with echoes of the interwar debates and of writers such as Proust, Gide or Malraux.
Winner of the Grand prix Jean-Giono in 2009. The original edition appeared in 2009; this paperback edition was published in 2010.
For readers interested in French literary and political history of the interwar period and in the trajectories of committed intellectuals.
Dominique Fernandez is a French writer of novels, essays and travel books. Much of his writing explores homosexual experience and creativity. In 1982 he won the Prix Goncourt for his novel about Pier Paolo Pasolini; and in 2007 he was elected a member of the Académie Française.
