by Jean D'Ormesson · Le Grand Livre Du Mois · tapa dura · ISBN 9782286004217
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«La douane de mer» is the novel by Jean D'Ormesson, published by Le Grand Livre Du Mois in hardcover (550 pages, in French).
The novel presents a dialogue between a narrator and a visitor from the planet Urql: both meet in Venice, and the extraterrestrial commissions a report on Earth and its inhabitants. This review gives rise to an ironic and melancholic reflection on humanity, its certainties, and its contradictions.
The work was originally published in 1993 and was recognized with the Grand Prix RTL-Lire in 1994.
Recommended for readers of philosophical fiction and contemporary French narrative who appreciate irony and questions about the meaning of life.
Jean Bruno Wladimir François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson was a French writer and novelist. He authored forty books, was the director of Le Figaro from 1974 to 1977, as well as the dean of the Académie Française, to which he was elected in 1973, until his death, in addition to his service as president of the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences within UNESCO (1992–1997). A major public figure in France, known for his art de la conversation, Jean d'Ormesson was saluted as "the best of the French spirit" by President Emmanuel Macron upon his death.
