Tag: Books
Book sales: on the essay side, a perfect mirror of the worries of French society
It’s crazy that our list of essays and documents of the week reflects the many concerns of French society. It’s all there: disease, diets, conspiracy, protest, calls for insurrection, ecology,…
Assault wagons are welded in four shifts in northern Sweden – the Russian threat brought work to hundreds and filled the order books for ten years
ÖRNSKÖLDSVIK Sweden’s military equipment industry is making record results as a result of Russia’s war of aggression, as countries strengthen their defenses and replace supplies sent to Ukraine. It can…
Steinbeck told by his pencils, by Pierre Assouline
Frankly, what an idea to write again to rest from having written! Only writers indulge in such fantasies. With Simenon, that gave rise to seventy-five investigations by Superintendent Maigret. Chez…
François Weyergans, or the planned obsolescence of the great literary prizes?
June 16, 2011: more than two years after his election, François Weyergans is finally received at the French Academy. He arrived at the Quai Conti ten minutes late – a…
Pierre Assouline, Ioulia Iakovleva and Quentin Ebrard: books not to be missed
the swimmer, pby Pierre Assouline, Gallimard, 260 p., €20. The rating of L’Express: 4/5 THE SWIMMER BY PIERRE ASSOULINE © / GALLIMARD No doubt, our columnist is like a fish…
Book sales: these authors who resist
In 1943, they wrote together the lyrics to the Song of the partisans. In 2023, Joseph Kessel and Maurice Druon continue to resist. The excellent cross-biography devoted to them by…
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…