by Daniel Rondeau · FOLIO · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070407491
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«Alexandrie» is the novel by Daniel Rondeau, published by Folio in paperback (224 pages, in French).
Rondeau evokes the Pharos lighthouse to portray Alexandria as a world-city founded by Alexander the Great, capital of memory and knowledge. The city appears as a crossroads between East and West, and the author recalls that Durrell, Forster and Cavafy restored the city's imaginary greatness, without shying away from its spiritual dimension.
The work was originally published in 1997; this paperback edition is from 2000 and corresponds to number 3341 in the Folio collection.
For readers of literary fiction interested in the history, memory and myth of Alexandria.
Daniel Rondeau is a French writer, editor, and diplomat. Born in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, he studied law at Panthéon-Assas where the spirit of May 68 saw him embrace Maoism and join the proletariat by working from 1970 to 1974 in a factory in Nancy making insulation. He worked for France Inter's Nord-Est radio station from 1977, before moving to Paris, where he worked for the newspapers Libération (1982–1985) Le Nouvel Observateur (1985–1998) and L'Express (1998–2007). He was French ambassador to Malta (2008–2011) and to UNESCO (2011–2013). He has written fiction, reportage, literary criticism and political commentary, and for his oeuvre won the Grand prix de littérature Paul-Morand in 1998. After unsuccessfully standing for election to the Académie Française in 2011 and 2016, he was elected to seat 8 in 2019.
