Night of Fire by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. Short summary

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The narrative is told on behalf of the writer himself, living in a different reality. Eric, 28, was a philosophy professor who taught in the walls of an educational institution in Paris.

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The main character is the author himself, living in a parallel reality. He was 28 years old.

The aforementioned representative of the stronger sex was a professor of philosophy and part-time teacher at one of the educational institutions of the French capital.

He was engaged in writing fascinating plays, which interested a famous director named Gerard. The latter contacted Schmitt to offer him to become a screenwriter of the film, which was to show the audience the life and work of the famous French researcher Charles de Foucault. Eric agrees and meets with Gerard in Tamanrasset, Algeria, to determine the setting for the film.

Later, Eric tried to make it with the group to Mount Tahat, but fell behind the team and got lost. He had to spend the night in the wilderness, but the next day the main character found his comrades and at the same time changed his attitude towards the world around him.