Philippe Le Guillou
Brest, de brume et de feu
Paris, Gallimard, (January 22) 2024.
Part novel, part memoir, both a personal testimony and a tribute to his own people, Brest, de brume et de feu opens a cycle of three “city portraits,” to be followed by volumes on Paris and Rome. In the manner of Gracq as geographer — a writer Le Guillou admires above all others — Le…