Tag: Books
Pascal Chabot: “When we take over our time, we take over our life”
L’Express: What does this formula that we all use say about us: “I don’t have time”? Pascal Chabot: The fact that its management poses a problem for us. In itself,…
“East of Eden”: the little story behind the title of Steinbeck’s novel
Editions Seghers publish this year the collection of letters that John Steinbeck wrote to his publisher Pascal Covici from January 29 to November 1, 1951, throughout the writing ofEast of…
Book sales: Camille Etienne and Laurent Berger hunt Eric Zemmour and Sonia Mabrouk
Is the wind of progress blowing on this end of spring? We note in any case that our ranking of the best sales of tests clearly leans to the left.…
Ayn Rand, the Madonna of Capitalism
A leading novelist of American culture, madonna of capitalism, Ayn Rand is the source of several bestsellers. The most famous, Strike, appeared in 1991 in second place in a ranking…
Christian Delage, Jean-Marie Rouart and Isabelle Amonou: books not to be missed
Film, judge. From World War II to the invasion of Ukraine By Christian Delage. History folio, 576 pages, €13.50. The rating of L’Express: 4/5 Film, judge. From World War II…
Frédéric Schiffter, Jessica L. Nelson and Chris Pavone: the books not to be missed
Narrowing By Frederic Schiffter. Le Cherche Midi, 184 pages, €19. The rating of L’Express: 5/5 Shrinkage By Frédéric Schiffter. © / The Cherche Midi “The trouble with suicide is that…
Festival “Writing nature”: in Laruns, literature and the great outdoors in the spotlight
And two! It’s not yet mature, but it’s already a nice feat. Laruns, a town of 1,400 souls located in the Ossau valley, is indeed organizing its 2nd Pyrenean Festival…
Best-Selling Books: The Battle of the Bosses
Stop! Let’s stop for two seconds to observe the winners of this week’s fiction. It is the perfect photograph of the major trends that have been emerging for a good…
The voice elsewhere: ventriloquism, stuttering and other accidents
The voice is an enigma. We have listened to the ventriloquists, in the Bible and in the movies. We have listened to the stutters of Ghérasim Luca or MC Solaar,…
Michel Houellebecq, Lina Nordquist and Thierry Sarmant: books not to be missed
A few months in my life. October 2022-March 2023 By Michel Houellebecq. Flammarion, 112 pages, €12.80. The rating of L’Express: 3/5 A few months in my life. October 2022-March 2023…