Death of Franco-Greek writer Vassilis Alexakis, a bilingual at heart
Athens-Paris, Paris-Athens… Vassilis Alexakis, since his arrival in France in 1961, at the age of 17, thanks to a scholarship, has not stopped going back … Read more
books and ideas
“… But life goes on” by Bernard Pivot, fortunes and misfortunes of old age
… But life goes on by Bernard Pivot Albin Michel, 226 p., € 19.90 Bernard Pivot is aging and making no secret of it. At … Read more
“Antoine des Gommiers” by Lyonel Trouillot, a style diviner
Antoine des Gommiers de Lyonel Trouillot Actes Sud, 208 p., € 18 « Si you persist in the error, a misfortune will happen to you … Read more
like an aria from Alexandre Dumas
Seven days. 17-23 June 1789, France enters into revolution by Emmanuel de Waresquiel Tallandier, 477 p., € 22.90 This book of joy and melancholy opens … Read more
Sandrine Roudaut, sowing new imaginations
“The strength of fiction is to take people gently”, estimates Sandrine Roudaut, a slender look and a velvet voice. Lecturer and prospectivist, she has just … Read more
“La Maison des Hollandais” by Ann Patchett, paradise lost
The House of the Dutch to Ann Patchett Translated from English (United States) by Hélène Frappat, Actes sud, 312 p., € 22.50 “The house was … Read more
“Le Grand Bonheur” by Nicolas Diat, diving in deep water with the monks
The Great Happiness. Life of monks by Nicolas Diat Fayard, 342 p., € 21.90 Here is a book whose writing is that of the slow … Read more
“The Child of the Next Dawn”, an intimate chronicle of an apocalypse, by Louise Erdrich
The Child of the Next Dawn de Louise Erdrich Translated from English (United States) by Isabelle Reinharez Albin Michel, 404 p., € 22.90 The world … Read more
2021, big anniversaries for French letters
From the point of view of commemorations, the year 2021 promises to be auspicious with a few “sizes” to honor. To name just three: May … Read more
Books that marked 2020
Novels on the Covid-19 pandemic and on the global, health and economic crisis will not fail to emerge in the coming months and years. In … Read more