Tag: Books
From Virginie Grimaldi to Mélissa Da Costa, the clan of friendly “best-sellers”
Virginie Grimaldi, Mélissa Da Costa, Agnès Ledig, Aurélie Valognes, a golden square! Who publishes a novel a year, sells millions of copies, delights publishers, delights fans on social networks and……
Lehane, Heilbronn, Alani, Asselin and Chaume: books not to be missed
The silence By Dennis Lehane, trans. from English (United States) by François Happe. Gallmeister, 450 pages, €25.40. Express rating: 5/5 The Silence By Dennis Lehane, trans. from English (United States)…
Book sales: Albin Michel, the king of the party
If there is one editor who shouldn’t be crying too much right now, it’s Albin Michel. Indeed, the Montparnasse publishing house tops our two charts, with five titles placed in…
Foreign book titles: when translation becomes a delicate exercise
More than ten years later, Jean-Pierre Aoustin is still thinking about it. No, definitely A girl, dancingthe title chosen to translate the novel The Sense of an Ending (2011) by…
Exhibition: “Print! Gutenberg’s Europe” at the National Library of France
/ Podcasts / Cultural report The National Library of France has brought out treasures from its reserves to introduce the general public to the great adventure of printing, which revolutionized…
Literature: between marginality and flashes, with the Afro-German poet May Ayim
Marked with the seal of indocility and melancholy, the poetry of the Afro-German May Ayim enchanted the American Audre Lorde and the Frenchwoman Maryse Condé. “Blues in black and white”…
Ben Jelloun, Gasparotto, Roseau, Le Tellier and Littell: the books not to be missed
The Lovers of Casablanca By Tahar Ben Jelloun. Gallimard, 324 pages, €21. The rating of L’Express: 3/5 The Lovers of Casablanca By Tahar Ben Jelloun. Gallimard © / Gallimard It’s…
After the death of the “widow”, the puzzle of the legacy of Jorge Luis Borges
In Buenos Aires, after having nicknamed it for a long time la hija del samurai (or “the Samurai’s daughter”), which had a little something affectionately exotic, it was only called…
Harry Potter series about all 7 books is officially coming and there is even a first picture
Details of Warner’s Harry Potter plans were leaked last week. Now Warner has officially confirmed at an event for the new streaming service Max: The Harry Potter series is coming.…
Christophe Boltanski, Fritz Zorn and Jacky Schwarzmann: the books not to be missed
King Kasai By Christophe Boltanski. Stock, 160 pages, €18.50. The rating of L’Express: 4/5 King Kasai © / Stock At the outlet of the royal park, former hunting ground of…