Holy Stones of Rome

Pierre Adrian (France, 1991) is a writer. He published his first book in 2015, La Piste Pasolini, an initiatory travelogue in the footsteps of the Italian poet and filmmaker, for which he received the Prix des Deux-Magots and the Prix François-Mauriac from the Académie française. Pierre Adrian went on to publish Des Âmes simples (Prix Roger-Nimier), Le Tour de la France par deux enfants d’aujourd’hui (with Philibert Humm) and Les Bons garçons, also published by Les Équateurs. In 2022, her novel Que reviennent ceux qui sont loin was published by Gallimard. On its release, Marine Landrot wrote in Télérama: “Rare are writings so limpid and crafted, capable of arousing an emotion close to tears.” A journalist by training, soccer fan and cycling enthusiast, Pierre Adrian has been a columnist for L’Équipe newspaper since 2016.