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Steinbeck told by his pencils, by Pierre Assouline
Frankly, what an idea to write again to rest from having written! Only writers indulge in such fantasies. With Simenon, that gave rise to seventy-five investigations by Superintendent Maigret. Chez…
Pierre Assouline, Ioulia Iakovleva and Quentin Ebrard: books not to be missed
the swimmer, pby Pierre Assouline, Gallimard, 260 p., €20. The rating of L’Express: 4/5 THE SWIMMER BY PIERRE ASSOULINE © / GALLIMARD No doubt, our columnist is like a fish…
One publisher can hide another, by Pierre Assouline
One editor can hide another. We only have this word to designate the boss and sometimes owner of a publishing house as well as its literary director, more directly involved…
Praise of empathy among biographers, by Pierre Assouline
Not all writers have to like their characters. It’s even so rare that when it happens in a novel, the critics take notice. The least of things in biographers. Some…
On the arduous work of a writer, by Pierre Assouline
Basically, it is no coincidence that the expression “book chain” is so widespread: those who participate in it live like chained people. Also these galley slaves of the literary life…
Umberto Eco: the insatiable collector, bibliomaniac and bibliolatrist, by Pierre Assouline
When Samuel Beckett lived on Boulevard de Port-Royal, he offered a carpet to his upstairs neighbors so they wouldn’t hear them walking. Humans wandering over his head prevented him from…
Publishing cannot do without publishers, let it be said! By Pierre Assouline
In what other country would the death of a major publisher make the front page of a national daily and the cover of a cultural magazine? That Jérôme Lindon was…
Houellebecq and Islam: a bit of deja vu, by Pierre Assouline
Give us that! The scene that will soon play out in court between Michel Houellebecq and Islam in France has a little air of deja vu. The trial will however…
David Assouline: “Our fellow citizens and the planet cannot wait 5 years of climate inaction”
David Assouline, socialist senator from Paris, is this Friday, May 6, the morning guest of RFI. While the National Council of the Socialist Party has just endorsed by 62% the…