by Philippe Le Guillou · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070137053
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«Le pont des anges» is the novel by Philippe Le Guillou, published in 2012 by Gallimard (412 pages, in French).
Rome, second half of the 21st century: the first African pope, Miltiade, dies amid attacks and leaves a torn Church. Julius, a sick playwright, receives a visit from an Irish cardinal who is soon elected Clement XV. Alongside the painter Simon Viarmes, their paths cross in a Vatican of rituals, conclaves and internal struggles.
The work bears the subtitle «roman» and on the cover features the «nrf» imprint of Gallimard; the LC classification is PQ2672.E112 P66 2012.
For readers interested in stories set in the Vatican, with the papacy, Catholic rituals and ecclesiastical power struggles.
Philippe Le Guillou is a French writer. He was born in Finistère on 12 August 1959. A prolific writer, he has published around 40 books, including fiction and non-fiction. He won the Prix Médicis for Les Sept Noms du peintre and the Prix Mediterranee for La Rumeur du soleil.
