Tag: Books
Behind the scenes of Goncourt 1990 told by Jean Rouaud himself
“And you, what do you do for a living? – Writer. – How I envy you, but apart from that, what is your job?” The fact is that “it” is…
Erik Orsenna: “Mazarine’s words are hands that wake you up”
One day, a woman pushes open a door. She has an appointment. She doesn’t know that this meeting will change her life. One day, this woman said to herself: why…
Woody Allen: “In Hollywood, everyone is so serious, so ambitious, so stupid”
The meeting takes place at the Bristol Paris, a stone’s throw from the Elysée. At the beginning of September, at the Venice Film Festival, Woody Allen, invited along with Roman…
Books, best sellers: the Sarkozy-Philippe-Juppé battle
And one, and two, and three ! After Nicolas Sarkozy, the first on the starting line with The Time of Fightingpublished on August 19, two of his “challengers” arrive this…
Jean-Baptiste Andrea: the baptism of fire of a persevering writer
We didn’t necessarily see it coming, but it is on the way to having a lasting impact on the French landscape. His register? Pure fiction, a strong story, well-established heroes,…
“IS has lost popular support but retains a margin of sympathy”
Six years after the fall of Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State group’s caliphate, violence continues even if on a reduced scale. In Is the Islamic State defeated? ?published…
Books, best sellers: Panayotis Pascot, the Cagé-Piketty duo…
There are a lot of people this week on the testing side, with a ballet of renowned economists, historians, sociologists and academics. Julia Cagé and Thomas Piketty, Gilles Kepel, Boris…
Claire Berest, David Vann and Michael Connelly: books not to be missed
The thickness of a hair By Claire Berest. Albin Michel, 240 p., €19.90. L’Express rating: 3/5 The Thickness of a Hair By Claire Berest. © / Albin Michel She, Vive,…
Han Kang and Amélie Cordonnier: books not to be missed
Impossible goodbyes By Han Kang, trans. from Korean by Khyngran Choi and Pierre Bisiou. Grasset, 336 p., €22. L’Express rating: 4/5 how dark these impossible goodbyes are… By Han Kang,…
Is Dear Child Season 2 coming? The author has written 2 other books that Netflix can make into films
The new Netflix series Dear Child is a resounding success as a German original. The kidnapping thriller landed in the first week Number 1 of the most watched non-English language…