'The Perfect Shot' is a confessional novel by a young sniper. A tragic novel, it combines catharsis and the fateful circumstances that grind human destinies to a halt.
A parable novel, transcending time and space, the action could take place in any country where there is a sea, mountains, and war. Prose poetry with a captivating narrative rhythm. Camus's 'The Stranger,' living in our time.
Mathias Énard is a French writer, translator, and publisher.
He was born in 1972 in Niort. He studied Persian and Arabic at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO). After defending a doctoral dissertation on issues related to the Iranian world, he lived and studied in the Middle East for a long time (Iran, Lebanon, Egypt, etc.).
In 2000, he moved to Barcelona, where he devoted himself entirely to writing. His first novel, The Perfection of the Shot (La Perfection du tir), was published in 2003 by Actes Sud.
