by Mathias Enard · Actes Sud Editions · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782330015060
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«Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'éléphants» is the historical novel by Mathias Enard, published by Actes Sud Editions in paperback (176 pages, in French).
Set in 1506, the novel imagines Michelangelo's arrival in Constantinople, where Sultan Bayezid commissions him to design a bridge over the Golden Horn after rejecting Leonardo da Vinci's plans. The story fictionalizes a real episode to show the clash between the Renaissance and the Ottoman world, and to reflect on artistic creation and a barely sketched civilizational encounter.
Winner of the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens 2010 and the Prix du Livre Inter 2009. The title belongs to the Babel collection of the publisher Actes Sud.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and contemporary French literary fiction, as well as for those who enjoy short novels that recreate little-known episodes of art.
Mathias Énard is a French writer and translator. He is the recipient of several literary awards, including the Prix Goncourt in 2015, for his novel Compass. Since 2020, he has produced and hosted a literary program on France Culture.
