Emmanuel Carrère is in Buenos Aires to participate in the International Festival of Literature Buenos Aires (FILBA) and to talk about his latest book, Koljós, a work in which his family's history intertwines with the war that has been bleeding Ukraine since 2022. The French writer, who does not speak Spanish, chose this highly personal title for his visit to the Argentine capital.
The central figure of the book is Hélène Carrère d'Enghien, the author's mother, a historian of Russian and Georgian origins who devoted her life to studying Russia. Carrère served as the perpetual secretary of the French Academy, the institution that preserves the French language, and became a reference figure for Russian culture in the West. The book narrates four generations of the maternal family and connects them with the armed conflict that Russia is facing with its neighbor today.
Carrère is one of the most internationally recognized French authors for his blend of literature and non-fiction, and this time he not only speaks about his recent work but also about the piece that established him.
