Mathias Énard

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• Boussole

  In English

  SaveCompass to read later

  International Booker 2017 · Shortlist

  Compass

  Boussole

  Mathias Énard · 43 when first published

  Novel · 464 pages · Love

  Translated by Charlotte Mandell

  AIAI-generated summary:Night falls on Vienna, where Franz Ritter, a musicologist in love with the Orient, cannot sleep and drifts through memories of his travels and of Sarah, the elusive woman he has always loved.

  Also: Goncourt 2015 ★ winner

• Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'éléphants

  In English

  SaveTell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants to read later

  Goncourt 2010 · Shortlist

  Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants

  Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'éléphants

  Mathias Énard · 38 when first published

  Novel · 144 pages · Historical

  AIAI-generated summary:On 13 May 1506 Michelangelo lands in Constantinople, defying Pope Julius II, to answer the sultan’s invitation to design a bridge over the Golden Horn.