For his “Grand Tour” (Grasset), Olivier Guez asked 27 authors to evoke their link to Europe through places in their country.
Feathers. Björn Larsson, Lidia Jorge, Fernando Aramburu, Rosella Postorino, Immanuel Mifsud, Lize Spit, Jens Christian Grondahl, Brina Svit, Jan Brokken, Eva Manasse, Daniel Kehlmann, Lazlo Krasznahorkai, Stavros Christodoulou, Norman Manea, Michal Hvorecky, Agata Tuszynska, sixteen writers – among 27 – drawn by Dusault.
By Francois-Guillaume Lorrain
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“NOTWe made Europe, but we didn’t make the Europeans”, regretted the political scientist Pierre Hassner. Faced with the rise of Euroscepticism, large volumes of history have recently attempted to take stock of our common heritage. For a result steeped in good will, but not always convincing. What about writers? Olivier Guez had the generous idea of soliciting the pen of 27 authors from the 27 member countries. Their only instruction: “Choose a location that symbolizes your country’s connection to European culture and history. »” In the beginning, Guez remembers, in view of the French presidency of the European Union, I thought of a cultural congress, in the tradition of the 1930s.” The congress has become a mosaic of…
illustration: Dusault for “le Point” – JF PAGA/sp
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