Benjamin Hoffmann, assistant professor, early modern French studies, has published American Pandemonium (2016), with Gallimard, one of the leading French publishers of books. The novel is an epic story about a United States ravaged by war and a reflection on the media, terrorism and the power of fiction. Hoffmann’s previous novels include, Le monde est beau, on peut y voyager (Bastingage, 2008); Anya Ivanovna (Bastingage, 2011); and Père et fils (Gallimard, 2011).