Romain Rolland, forgotten in France, praised in China.

romain-rollandWhat do you think of “Jean Christophe”? To reply that I had not read it resulted in a reaction of surprise from Chinese friends … I was all the less forgivable because I live in Paris around the Luxembourg Garden, near the 162 Boulevard du Montparnasse, where Romain Rolland stayed and wrote “Jean Christophe”.

 

Romain Rolland, a writer without borders:

 

He was a writer, an intellectual of a stature and influence which we … Lire la suite