by Alain Elkann · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788492979288
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«El padre francés» is the novel by Alain Elkann published by Ediciones Barataria in 2013 in paperback (128 pages, in Spanish).
The novel imagines a dialogue in the afterlife between Alain Elkann's father, a stern banker who presided over the Jewish community of Paris, and the artist Roland Topor. The contrast between order and bohemia turns a possible mourning into serene vitality and shared faith, with fragments of Jewish wisdom.
The work first appeared in 1999 and the Barataria edition belongs to the Bárbaros collection.
For readers looking for short novels based on real characters and with reflections on faith, memory and mourning.
Alain Elkann is an Italian novelist and journalist. Elkann is the host of cultural programs on Italian television. He is president of the Scientific Committee of the Italy–USA Foundation. A recurring theme in his books is the history of the Jews in Italy, their centrality to Italian history, and the relation between the Jewish faith and other religions. He is a writer for La Règle du Jeu, Nuovi Argomenti, A, and Shalom magazines.
