C'est une chose étrange à la fin que le monde

Synopsis of C'est une chose étrange à la fin que le monde

«C'est une chose étrange à la fin que le monde» is the novel by Jean d'Ormesson, published by Robert Laffont in paperback (313 pages, in French).

Jean d'Ormesson reflects on the great questions of existence: the origin of life and the universe, the meaning of the world, God and the afterlife. The book surveys three thousand years of thought, from the Greek philosophers to Newton, Darwin, Einstein and quantum theory, and concludes that God is not impossible and that something may be expected after death.

The French edition, 313 pages, was published on August 19, 2010 and its cover bears the subtitle «roman».

For readers interested in philosophical reflection, French literature and the great questions about existence.