Tag: Books
Books in Quebec, a booming and internationally oriented sector
Special broadcast in Montreal, Quebec, discovering the literature of the Canadian province. On-site meeting with booksellers, authors, publishers and all those who bring books to life in Quebec, an extremely…
Michael McDowell, Olivier Frébourg and Leonardo Padura: books not to be missed
The Golden Needles By Michael McDowell, trans. from the American by Jean Szlamowicz. Monsieur Toussaint Louverture, 520 p., €12.90. L’Express rating: 3/5 The Golden Needles By Michael McDowell, trans. from…
Tolkien, 50th anniversary of his death: revelations about Christopher, the heir to a legendary saga
Fifty years ago, on September 2, 1973, the British John Ronald Reuel Tolkien died, leaving behind the founding epic of fantasy (published in 1954-1955). A worldwide success that has become…
The Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Norwegian Jon Fosse
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded this Thursday, October 5 to Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse for “his innovative plays”, announced the jury. The Swedish Academy honored the 64-year-old…
This is how Stockholm managed to avoid the communist party’s books
Cold facts’ review has attracted a lot of attention this week after 19 out of 20 municipalities used parts of books from the Chinese Communist Party in schools. The city…
Book sales: those selected by the juries stand out
Let’s put aside the romance trend, the immortal world of crime fiction, Amélie Nothomb, a phenomenon in her own right, Panayotis Pascot, the darling of social networks, and let’s examine…
Véra Nabokov, Patrick Modiano, Capucine Ruat: books not to be missed
Hurricane Lolita (Diary 1958-1959) By Véra Nabokov, trans. from English by Brice Matthieussent. Editions de L’Herne, 128 p., €14. L’Express rating: 4/5 Hurricane Lolita (Diary 1958-1959) By Véra Nabokov, trans.…
Dominique Fabre, Pascal Quignard and Eric Bonnargent: books not to be missed
Saint-Lazare station By Dominique Fabre. Fayard, 143 p., €17. L’Express rating: 3/5 Gare Saint-Lazare By Dominique Fabre. © / Fayard At that time, to the left of the escalators of…
Julie Héraclès and the “shorn of Chartres”: “To say that I am rehabilitating her affects me deeply”
On August 16, 1944, Robert Capa took a landmark photo, that of a woman, shorn, a baby in her arms, in front of Chartres Cathedral. The historians Philippe Frétigné and…
Ken Follett: “Write in your diary that my novel is modern Tolstoy!”
On September 20, like Mick Jagger or Hugh Grant, Ken Follett was one of the guests of honor at the dinner given in tribute to Charles III in the Hall…