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Set between the 16th and 22nd centuries, The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers’ Guild is a work of political comedy, fixated on class, climate, food, wine, and the afterlife.

Dustin Illingworth is a writer based in Northern California.

A whole book written in a single sentence? Author challenges with both style and content

“The Revolutionary Temper,” by Robert Darnton; “A City on Mars,” by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith; “The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers’ Guild,” by Mathias Énard; and “Behind You Is the Sea,” by Susan Muaddi Darraj.

From a bedbug squashed by Napoleon to a priest who comes back as a wild boar, this riotous French tale of resurrection is a tribute to ‘translators everywhere, at all times’

Mathias Énard’s new novel, “The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers’ Guild,” considers the jumble of life in a variety of stories and styles.

Mathias Enard’s magnificent new novel imagines an alternative history of France

A young academic visits a French rural backwater... then the story explodes into time-travelling madness. John Phipps recommends an extraordinary novel