Olivier Rolin Reads the Iliad Against Modern Wars
In a new book for this year's rentrée littéraire, the French writer sets Homer's epic beside the destructive wars of our own time, according to a review in En attendant Nadeau.
Olivier Rolin's new book, La guerre éternelle, is among the rentrée littéraire 2026 titles reviewed by the online literary magazine En attendant Nadeau. The review, published September 15, describes the book as an interrogation of our relationship to the Iliad, with Homer's text held up as a mirror to modern wars of destruction.
En attendant Nadeau calls it a meditation on history and epic literature, without detailing plot, structure or length in the material available. No publisher or page count was given in the source.
The title's suggestive question — whether Troy marks 'a bad start' — frames the review itself rather than a verdict on the book, according to the outlet's headline. Beyond that framing, the source material does not specify further arguments made in the review.
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