French

Self-proclaimed Consul General of Patagonia, he sees in this imaginary kingdom a land of dreams and freedom, When it was released, Le Camp des Saints received a mixed reception. Little commented on by official critics at the time, however, it acquires a status of cult book in certain circles — both for its form of anticipation and for its radicality. Western societies and the future of Europe. It also testifies to the place that extreme political fiction can take in the literary field, The Camp of the Saints is a novel marked by its singular dystopian vision and its capacity to provoke debate. is a capital text to understand the author’s position almost 40 years after the original publication of the novel. literary anticipation born from a deep unease felt since the 1970s. He insists.