Rooms

by Olivier Rolin

Le dernier livre d’Olivier Rolin, Suite à l’hôtel Crystal, a été publié en octobre 2004. Aujourd’hui, ce sont près d’une trentaine d’amis écrivains qui lui offrent une chambre inédite. Tous, y compris Olivier Rolin, ont composé une brève fiction où l’on retrouvera quelquefois, dans des situations imprévisibles, des personnages inventés par Rolin.Ces vingt-huit chambres forment un « caravansérail » amical.Parmi les auteurs, on retrouve, entre autres : François Bon, Geneviève Brisac, Gil Courtemanche, Jean Echenoz, Lydia Flem, Linda Lê, Pierre Michon, Jorge Semprun, Jean-Phillipe Toussaint et Antoine Volodine.

250 pages, Paperback

First published March 2, 2006

About the author

Olivier Rolin spent his childhood in Senegal. He then studied at the Louis-le-Grand high school and the Ecole Normale Superieure. He graduated in philosophy and literature.

He works as a freelancer of the French paper Libération and Le Nouvel Observateur. He was the companion of the singer Jane Birkin.

His work is inspired by May 68 and the proletarian Left, romantic adventures in Arabia, the writers Rimbaud and Conrad and his travels.

He received the "Prix Femina" for Port Sudan in 1994, the "Prix France Culture" for Tiger Paper in 2003 and the "price of Style" for The Meteorologist just now in 2014.

He's the brother of the also writer Jean Rolin