Used book – The Son, Philipp Meyer

Eli McCullough, "the Colonel," scarred for life by three years of captivity among the Comanches, takes part in the conquest of the West before enlisting in the Civil War and building an empire. Peter, his son, revolted by his father's devastating ambition, this authoritarian and cynical tyrant, takes advantage of the Mexican Revolution to make a choice that overturns his destiny and that of his family.

Jeanne-Anne, Peter's granddaughter, ambitious and unscrupulous, finds herself at the head of one of the country's largest fortunes, ready to complete her great-grandfather's work.

From 1850 to the present day, a reflection on the human condition and the meaning of history through the voices of three generations of a Texan family.

An astonishing fresco, a literary tour de force. Lire.

A historical monument on the creation and evolution of Texas, and beyond, of American mythology. Le Parisien.

A superb epic, of great subtlety. Le Monde des livres.

2015 Foreign World Literature Prize.