Tag: Books
Fariba Adelkhah: this book is “a duty, to all the people who mobilized for me”
Fariba Adelkhah, Franco-Iranian anthropologist, research director at CERI at Sciences-Po, author of the book Prisoner in Tehran published by Éditions du Seuil in Paris, is our great international guest. Arrested…
Franco-Algerian author Kamel Daoud targeted by controversy, Gallimard denounces “defamation”
The publisher Gallimard denounced attacks on Monday, November 18: defamatory » against the Franco-Algerian author Kamel Daoud, 2024 Goncourt Prize for his novel Houris. The Franco-Algerian author is accused, by…
She embalms the dead and breaks taboos in books and on TikTok
News Published on 11/16/2024 at 4:02 p.m. updated on 11/16/2024 at 4:02 p.m. Reading 3 min. Telling the story behind the scenes of death: Stéphanie Sounac, embalmer, presents her shadow…
The inexhaustible artistic influence of Victor Hugo’s “Miserables” – L’Express
“My conviction is that this book will be one of the principal summits, if not the principal, of my work,” wrote Victor Hugo to his publisher in 1862. The fact…
the story of a popular saga told by its protagonists – L’Express
They had sworn to see each other more often, otherwise the next time it would be at the cemetery. After a photo session for the 75th anniversary of Paris Match…
“Sapiens”, “La Route”, “Grégory”… The graphic novel makes the publishing world dream – L’Express
In terms of publishing, there are sudden outbursts almost as marked as in the world of fashion, with unexpected successes, “must haves”, more or less successful copies and cruel flops.…
Jordan Bardella against Philippe de Villiers, a duel in bookstores – L’Express
Nearly 25,000 copies in one day. Without doubt, the What I’m looking for by the president of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, published by Fayard on Saturday November 9, had…
when Philippe Delerm or Daniel Pennac make words waltz – L’Express
There are the letters, of course, but the adventure of Dictionary of the French Academy is also a story of dates and numbers. While its first edition dates back to…
DH Lawrence, the child of the “working class” who revolutionized erotic literature – L’Express
Virginia Woolf, who was easily condescending (she even despised Dickens and his “very banal style”), did not hold DH Lawrence in high esteem. When this son of a miner, pure…
Bookstores tense over the return of the sale of books without delivery fees by Amazon
Since November 5, Amazon has once again offered free delivery for book sales. The American platform uses its automatic lockers, located in many small businesses, where customers come to collect…