Jean Rolin's 'Les Événements' Excerpt Published by artpress
artpress magazine published the opening pages of Jean Rolin's novel 'Les Événements', released by P.O.L. The excerpt depicts a post-war Paris where the narrator drives south through a devastated city, encountering military checkpoints, looted stores, and a silent intersection. He picks up a passenger armed with a machete, trades food for passage, and later observes dead priests in a field near Orly airport, now secured by the UN Force d'interposition des Nations unies en France (FINUF). The narrative blends war journalism with surreal detail, reflecting on survival and bureaucracy in a collapsed state.
Key facts
- artpress n°420 (March 2015) featured Sophie Pujas' article 'Jean Rolin, une prophétie ?'
- The excerpt is from Jean Rolin's novel 'Les Événements'
- Published by P.O.L with permission
- The narrator drives from Paris to Clermont-Ferrand
- He carries a pistol and supplies from Brennecke's men
- He encounters a man with a machete at Arcueil's Vache-Noire intersection
- Dead traditionalist priests are seen in a field near N20 and A10
- Orly airport is secured by FINUF (Force d'interposition des Nations unies en France)
Entities
Artists
- Jean Rolin
Institutions
- artpress
- P.O.L
- Force d'interposition des Nations unies en France (FINUF)
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Boulevard de Sébastopol
- Gare de l'Est
- Place du Châtelet
- Boulevard du Palais
- Boulevard Saint-Michel
- Lycée Saint-Louis
- Carrefour de Port-Royal
- Porte d'Orléans
- Arcueil
- Avenue Aristide-Briand
- Avenue Marx-Dormoy
- Vache-Noire
- Clermont-Ferrand
- Orly
- Aéroport d'Orly
- N 20
- A 10
- D 120
- Longjumeau
Sources
- artpress —