by Jean-Denis Bredin · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253155904
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This collection of short stories by Jean-Denis Bredin explores the peculiarities, obsessions, and madness of the human condition at the end of the 20th century. Through various narratives, such as that of an executive starting a disastrous day or a man living through sticky notes, the author sharply portrays the small tragedies and absurdities of daily life. With a refined literary style, Bredin invites us to reflect on the fragility of our routines and the strangeness hidden behind the most common gestures.
Jean-Denis Bredin was a French attorney and founding partner of the firm Bredin Prat. He was widely admired as an author-commentator, both for his novels and for his non-fiction works, with a particular focus on recent and contemporary history. On 15 June 1989, he was elected to membership of the Académie Française, becoming the twentieth occupant of seat 3, which had been vacated through the death of Marguerite Yourcenar. His daughter, Frédérique Bredin, served between 2013 and 2019 as President of the French National Center of Cinematography and the moving image.
