Olivier Rolin reads today's wars through Homer's Iliad
In a new récit, the French writer traces a line from Troy to Ukraine, by way of Carthage and the Dardanelles, asking how much truth and violence still lives in Homer's poem.
Olivier Rolin has published a new récit titled La Guerre éternelle, in which he reads the world's wars through the prism of the Iliad, according to Le Monde. The book measures what remains of truth and violence in Homer's poem by following it across history, from the siege of Troy to the war in Ukraine, passing through Carthage and the Dardanelles.
Le Monde's review, published October 11, describes the récit as beau — a literary essay-narrative that uses the ancient epic as a lens for the present rather than a subject of scholarship. The paper does not detail the book's structure or publisher beyond this characterization.
No further particulars — publication date, page count, or prize prospects — are given in the available material.
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