by Mathias Enard · ACTES SUD · tapa dura · ISBN 9782742777051
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«Zone» is the novel by Mathias Enard, published by Actes Sud in hardcover (528 pages, in French).
Francis Servain Mirkovic, a former intelligence agent, travels by train from Milan to Rome laden with secrets he plans to sell to the Vatican to change his life. During the journey he recalls fifteen years of conflicts in Algeria, Croatia and Bosnia, forming a fresco of the Mediterranean wars with executioners, victims, heroes and anonymous figures.
Published in 2008, it was awarded the Prix Décembre and the Prix du Livre Inter; the narrative is organized in twenty-four cantos.
Recommended for readers of contemporary and historical fiction interested in memory and the conflicts of the Mediterranean.
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.
