Alain Elkann: 3 books

The French Father centres on a dialogue between two men buried alongside each other in the Parisian cemetery of Montparnasse – now companions in the afterlife. One man, the author’s father, is strict, upper middle class, and a firm believer in the values and principles of the grande bourgeoisie....

As the result of a series of fortuitous encounters and circumstances, the Italian writer Giacomo Longhi falls victim to an obsessive curiosity about the famous English artist Julian Sax. He would like to meet Sax, but the great painter is surrounded by an almost impenetrable protective screen. The...

Apollinaire, Buzzati, Camus, D'Annunzio, Moravia, Sciascia, Ungaretti...Un secolo di memorie letterarie. Ritratti, invidie e ammirazioni, divertimenti e crudeltà, chiacchiere. Una giostra di celebrità da cui emerge una Parigi, capitale spirituale del '900.