Keith Jarrett: A Comprehensive Exploration by Ludovic Florin – Éditions du Layeur

2023-12-10 11:37:21 Keith Jarrett by Ludovic Florin Éditions du Layeur, 390 p., €45 This beautiful book reflects the artistic temperament of Keith Jarrett, an American pianist born in 1945, celebrated in the sphere of jazz, but also esteemed in that of classical music. The volume possesses the originality and formal liberality of this brilliant improviser, … Read more

“Assemblage” by Natasha Brown: surrendering

Assemblage de Natasha Brown Translated from English by Jakuta Alikavazovic Grasset, 160 p., 17 € For an average Briton, in other words a white man, her identity seems simple to describe: she is a black woman, attractive, from the training of excellence of “Oxbridge”, salaried employee with brilliant success; the portrait is completed by a … Read more

Raymond Aron, vigilant liberal

Aron directed by Elisabeth Dutartre-Michaut Editions de L’Herne, 272 p., €33 There is something disturbing about going back to the writings of Raymond Aron (1905-1983), when in Eastern Europe war has just made a sensational entrance again. The work of the philosopher and sociologist, former professor at the College de France and figure of liberal … Read more

“The Grand Tour”, an imaginary for Europe

The Grand Tour, self-portrait of Europe by its writers Collective, under the direction of Olivier Guez, with Daniel Kehlmann, Sofi Oksanen, Colm Toibin, Jens Christian Grondahl, Lidia Jorge… Grasset, 464 p., 22 € What can culture do in times of war? This question, at a time when Europe has seen the armed conflict return to … Read more

“A friendship”, by Silvia Avallone: ​​the attraction of opposites

A friendship de Silvia Avallone translated from Italian by Françoise Brun, Liana Levi, 528 p., € 23 This story of an all-consuming friendship between two teenage girls inevitably recalls The Prodigious Friend, by Elena Ferrante. As brilliant a storyteller as her Italian colleague, Silvia Avallone slips into the meanders of the same river that carries … Read more

“Journey into unknown territory”, by David Park: a father in winter

Journey into unknown territory the David Park Translated from English (Northern Ireland) by Cécile Arnaud Quai Voltaire, 212 p., €20 When he drives off to pick up his sick son from his student residence, Tom twice fails to get started. The snow, which fell in abundance in the Belfast region where he lives and the … Read more

young woman desperately looking for herself

Amalia d’Aude Picault Dargaud, 148 pages, €19.99 One day it will be necessary to write a thesis on Aude Picault’s drawing, its real lightness, its false naivety, the flexibility of its line, the accuracy of the expressions… The designer puts her art of graphic design at the service of daily chronicles feminine. Of Me I … Read more