This volume of eight essays written by French scholars analyzes Daniel Mendelsohn's first three volumes of nonfiction (The Elusive Embrace, 1999; The Lost, 2006; and An Odyssey, 2017) and includes an illustrated interview (2019) in which Mendelsohn tackles various aspects of his work as a literary and cultural critic, as a professor of classical literature, as a translator, and as a memoirist. The essay discussing The Elusive Embrace (1999) argues that, in addition to offering a subtle ref...

We all have values that drive our choices and shape our behaviour, our work, and even our vision of the future. What sort of world do we want to see in 2050? Will we be able to avoid catastrophic climate change? Our values determine the way in which we will try to meet the challenges of the future, and dictate whether or not we will succeed. France Digitale, representing the best of the French tech sector, has gathered together a number of contributions in order to provide a challenging lo...