by Jean-Claude Carrière · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782738116178
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«Einstein, s'il vous plaît» is the novel by Jean-Claude Carrière, published by Odile Jacob in paperback (252 pages, in French).
A present-day student crosses a double door and finds herself with Albert Einstein, half a century after his death. In a flexible space-time, the dialogue traverses the physicist's intellectual universe with humor and a popularizing vocation. Published as «Please, Mr. Einstein», it is a fiction that invites understanding and learning.
The author, Jean-Claude Carrière, is also a screenwriter and playwright. In 2008, the novel received the Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work.
Suitable for readers who want to approach Einstein through an enjoyable fiction, without needing scientific training.
Jean-Claude Carrière was a French novelist, screenwriter and actor. He received an Academy Award for best short film for co-writing Heureux Anniversaire (1963), and was later given an Honorary Oscar in 2014. He was nominated for the Academy Award three other times for his work in The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), and The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988). He also won a César Award for Best Original Screenplay in The Return of Martin Guerre (1983).
