by Michel Tournier · Editions Flammarion · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070377077
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«Gilles et Jeanne» is the historical novel by Michel Tournier, in paperback (151 pages, in French).
The novel starts from the question of how Joan of Arc accepted Gilles de Rais as a companion. Tournier imagines that Gilles did not become a monster until he placed his soul in Joan's hands: together they experience the liberation of Orleans, the victory at Patay and the coronation of Charles VII, up to the stake, which Gilles climbs nine years later.
Originally published in 1983, this paperback edition is from 1986 and belongs to the Folio collection.
For readers of historical fiction interested in the fifteenth century and in literary reinterpretations of Joan of Arc.
Michel Tournier was a French writer. He won awards such as the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1967 for Friday, or, The Other Island and the Prix Goncourt for The Erl-King in 1970. His inspirations included traditional German culture, Catholicism and the philosophies of Gaston Bachelard. He resided in Choisel and was a member of the Académie Goncourt. His autobiography has been translated and published as The Wind Spirit. He was on occasion in contention for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
