A wise and sprightly epic of ruin and renewal in rural Corsica - winner of the Prix Goncourt.
Ferrari Jerome Livres
Jérôme Ferrari est un auteur français dont l'œuvre plonge dans les profondeurs de l'histoire et de la philosophie. Son écriture se caractérise par un sens aigu du lieu et du temps, explorant souvent les thèmes de l'effondrement, de la foi et de la condition humaine face aux grands bouleversements sociétaux. Le style de Ferrari est à la fois évocateur et incisif, incitant les lecteurs à contempler les complexités du destin humain et les échos du passé dans le présent.
A devastating novel of the Algerian War, brutally relevant to current conflicts - by the winner of the 2012 Prix Goncourt.
The Principle
- 135pages
- 5 heures de lecture
A finalist for the 2018 French-American Foundation Translation Prize in Fiction A challenging read that encourages reflection, The Principle examines a world inching closer to its own destruction. Overpopulation, nuclear war, fascism, contemporary capitalism, and climate crisis all play roles in this epistolary novel in which a young philosopher grapples with the life of Werner Heisenberg, the Nobel Prize-winning German physicist. As he examines the dark historical events of the early 20th century alongside the luminous elegance of Heisenberg's theoretical work, the narrator provides an intimate account of his own youthful struggles and desperate attempts to make sense of a fractured, globalized world. How could a man with such a beautiful mind have participated in such atrocities? J r me Ferrari offers a compelling, unflinching vision of the failings of European culture. The Principle is a hypnotic glimpse into the mysteries of the physical world and a deeply personal historical interrogation that will remind readers of Laurent Binet's HHhH and Michael Frayn's Tony Award-winning play Copenhagen.