by Metin Arditi · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782757840085
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«La Confrérie des moines volants» is the historical novel by Metin Arditi, published by Points in paperback (260 pages, in French).
In Soviet Russia of 1937, the regime plunders the treasures of the Orthodox Church and closes thousands of monasteries. Nikodime and some wandering monks try to save works of sacred art. Irina flees, crosses Europe and arrives in Paris with a false identity: a story of resistance and redemption.
The 2014 edition belongs to the Grands Romans collection and was selected in 2015 for the Prix du Meilleur Roman des lecteurs de Points.
For readers of historical fiction interested in Soviet Russia, Orthodox sacred art, and stories of resistance and redemption.
Metin Arditi, born 2 February 1945 in Ankara, is a French-speaking Swiss writer of Turkish Sephardi origin.
