Tag: Books
They wrote the most listened to books of the summer
The most listened to audiobooks of the summer* 1. “The Parasite”, Sofie Sarenbrant, read by Katarina Ewerlöf 2. “Firestorm”, Dag Öhrlund, read by the author 3. “The closed room”, Mari…
Halimata Fofana, the scar woman
Long torn between two worlds, under the weight of a taboo inherited from generation to generation called excision. Welcome to our intimacy In G Major. No doubt you make your…
Book sales: 2023, time for an initial assessment
You too have to stamp your feet. It is still like that in mid-August. While the new literary season is looming with its 466 novelties, including 321 French novels (74…
“Don’t like it when you burn books”
– I don’t like it when you burn books. And until quite a few years ago, you couldn’t do it with impunity in Denmark either. There are many different aspects…
Why Jean-Jacques Goldman is going to be the star of the new school year
In recent months, his children Caroline, a psychologist on a crusade against positive education, and Michael, director of the Star Academy, have stolen the show. But it is indeed Jean-Jacques…
Olympic Games 2024: in Paris, booksellers fired from the Seine
In Paris, the Seine has been flowing between books and engravings for several centuries. They are said to prevent it from overflowing. How many other cities around the world can…
Unique sci-fi film with pirates & submarines appears in three strictly limited media books
Since the beginning of the film industry, the science fiction works of the French author Jules Verne have been the template for numerous film adaptations. However, hardly one comes to…
Russian strategic thought and culture
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russian strategic thinking has undergone a profound change, with the theorizing of circumventing the armed struggle. Decryption with Dimitri Minic, researcher at the…
Cult horror with a motorboat chase, which landed in the Guinness Book of Records, appears in 3 media books – there are only a few 100 copies
Take a brutal serial killer, a detective inspector in a leather jacket and sunglasses bursting with 80s clichés and garnish the whole thing with a good dose of blood and…
Natacha Calestrémé, Jessie Inchauspé… These books are still among the best-selling
Out of lucidity or defeatism, we take this observation for granted: in bookstores, novelties do not make old bones. January’s literary season contained some big names. Six months later, who…