Jules Romains / J. Ernotte - L'An Mil - 1947

Charming illustrated edition of this historical and symbolic drama that transposes the anxieties, hopes, and spiritual upheavals of the year 1000 into a dense and meditative theatrical fresco.

In this text, the Romans explore medieval mentalities in the face of the fear of the end of the world, the anticipation of the Last Judgment, and the religious and social changes sweeping through Christian Europe at the dawn of the second millennium.

Through characters embodying faith, doubt, power, and revolt—monks, lords, peasants, prophets—it depicts the tensions between tradition and renewal, superstition and rationality, feudal order and popular aspirations.

The style, both lyrical and minimalist, engages in a reflection on time, collective memory, and the cycles of civilization, in a vein that blends a theatre of ideas with poetic evocation.

This late work by Romains, known for his cycle The Men of Good Will, testifies to a desire to connect great historical fears with contemporary questions about human destiny, faith, and progress, making the year 1000 a mirror of existential crises and possible renaissances.

Jules Romains / J. Ernotte - L'An Mil - 1947 - Editions de l'Odéon
-> 202 pages

Good condition of the binding, book in its full original red cardboard casing, within a red slipcase, smooth spine, with the title and author's name in color.

Very good interior condition, light wear and yellowing, work enriched with numerous engravings outside the text, including a frontispiece, in good condition.

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