I wrote the prologue to Ashby in Algiers, a few days before my arrest. “Ashby” for me is a book of compromise, pacification, farewell to what was for me then...

The first 13 years of life, 1940-1953: occupation, liberation, gaining faith in Christ, the desire to become a priest and an argument with God, who allowed t...

In the late 1970s, Pierre Guyotat began writing “The Stories of Samora Machel” - a gigantic novel about the fate of an Algerian slave, seducer and prophet wh...

For the first time in Russian, one of the most scandalous novels of the 20th century. “Eden, Eden, Eden” - an incredible, maddening book, was banned by Frenc...

For the first time in Russian, one of the most scandalous novels of the 20th century is the story “A Grave for Five Hundred Thousand Soldiers,” dedicated to ...

Pierre Guyotat (b. 1940) is a living classic of modern French literature, whose books have been translated into the main languages of the world. His novels, ...

Pierre Guyotat writes “The Book” from 1977 to 1979. During this time, he plunges into a deep psychological crisis, later described in the novel “Coma” (2006)...