Book presentation · Le Voci dei Libri
Wednesday, 23 September 2026
Jean Echenoz.
Bristol
Adelphi, 2026. In conversation with Giorgio Pinotti
- Date
- Wednesday, 23 September 2026
- Time
- 6.30 pm
- Venue
- MAST.Caffetteria
- Series
- Le Voci dei Libri
- Publisher
- Adelphi, 2026
FreeFree admission, booking required
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The event
Jean Echenoz, one of France’s most acclaimed contemporary authors, presents his latest novel, centred on Robert Bristol, a B-movie director whose life is marked by precarious relationships and numerous failures.
Through an interplay of cinema, fiction and illusion, Echenoz adopts cinematic techniques to explore the very nature of creation, understood as the construction of a world of illusions and enchantment.
In conversation with Giorgio Pinotti, Editor-in-Chief of Adelphi.
Jean Echenoz
French writer. His works published by Adelphi include Ravel (2007), Il mio editore (2008), Correre (2009), Lampi (2012), ’14 (2014) and Inviata speciale (2018). Bristol was published in France in 2025.
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Part of the Le Voci dei Libri series, in collaboration with Coop Alleanza 3.0.
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