Tag: Books
Hisham Matar, his great novel about exile and friendship – L’Express
January 2024, St. James Square, London. Hisham Matar points to number 5, where the Libyan embassy once sat, but there is no question of getting too close. Superstition? Delicacy towards…
his “irremediable sadness” at the 1964 Olympics told by Philippe Delerm – L’Express
Star of French athletics in the 1960s, half-distance runner Michel Jazy died this Thursday, February 1 at the age of 87. Double European champion, Olympic vice-champion over 1500 meters in…
Is reading sexy again? Book sales are rising again, but Dutch books are lagging behind
43 million books, that is of course a lot. Yet it is only 0.1 percent higher than last year. This growth is entirely due to foreign-language books, especially English. Dutch-language…
Racial slurs in school books: Here’s where the Thames Valley board stands
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Books Published Jan 28, 2024 • Last updated 2 hours ago • 3 minute read Purveen Skinner, superintendent of student achievement at the Thames…
between fiction and essay, an increasingly thin border – L’Express
Fiction or not fiction? Or, to put it in plain French, fiction or non-fiction? This is the question which, year after year, becomes more and more pressing. Indeed, hesitations multiply…
“The Black House” or Japan as you’ve never seen it – L’Express
From time to time, in a very ritualized detective world, a UFO arrives, a text which does not resemble any other because it is not burdened with one genre but…
Todd, Goldnadel… The best sellers of the week – L’Express
And two! After The Defeat of the Westt, by Emmanuel Todd, announcing the triumph of Putin’s Russia still at the top of the list, here in 4th place, another type…
mangas change strategy – L’Express
Crisis ? What crisis? As the Angoulême festival begins, the manga market is still in strong health. Certainly, in 2023, sales fell by 13% in value. But this correction, which…
Jean-Marie Rouart stronger than Ridley Scott – L’Express
Not all octogenarians are equal. Among the many aberrations noted in the nullissime Napoleon by Ridley Scott (86 years old), we found this one in particular: the deposed emperor fled…
A Story From Books to Technology
Books are an indispensable part of our lives. Human beings have felt the need to write and read since their existence. Instead of books, it was written on clay and…