Joseph Kessel et l'histoire au présent continu

The reporter and novelist Joseph Kessel demonstrated his understanding of history in his keen accounts of the current events of the twentieth century. The revival of his work through republications and rewrites has consolidated his construction of history in the continuous present, by establishing a link between events and between texts. Because his interpretation of his era has been confirmed by the retrospect offered by the passage of time, Kessel has safeguarded his work from obsolescence.