Albert Cohen, or, Solal in the Century, Jean Blot

Born on August 4, 1895, Albert Cohen would have been one hundred years old this year. The author of one of the century's major works did not experience the eclipse that most great writers do before fully entering posterity, and his work has taken its place among the classics. However, in the current context of our time and of the Jewish destiny in particular, the life and work of the creator of Solal and Belle du Seigneur take on a different face and new inflections. It is these that his friend Jean Blot strives to discover and express.
Novelist and critic, Jean Blot has dedicated numerous essays and a book to Albert Cohen. His original vision reveals the man and his work in their most secret aspects, while placing them in their rightful position within Jewish and French literature.