Tag: Books
When Mario Vargas Llosa pays his debt to the great authors who inspired him
When the Hispano-Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa was received in solemn session on February 9 at the French Academy, he delivered a vibrant speech to the glory of literary France. He…
“The ideal man”: a comic to put in all hands
Piotr Barsony publishes with Intervalles editions, I don’t know how to put it, the word masterpiece being so overused, and the modesty of the feat so elegantly coupled with quiet…
Book sales: the big gap between the first and the last of the charts
Of course, authors and publishers applaud when they appear in our charts. But let’s face it, there is a world between the first and the last of the top 20…
Ash Davidson, Louise Mey and Marie de Lattre: the books not to be missed
The Last Giants By Ash Davidson, trans. from English (United States) by Fabienne Duvigneau. Actes Sud, 528 P., 24.50 euros. Express rating: 5/5 The Last Giants, by Ash Davidson (Actes…
“The Glass Coffin of Père-Lachaise” by Stéphanie Sauget
/ Podcasts / Book France It is one of the greatest hoaxes of the end of the 19th century and more generally of the attention paid to the dead. Stéphanie…
Books by Pim Lammers are going fast after support in newspaper
For example, the Mulder bookstore in Amsterdam sold five hundred copies of the collection ‘I think I’m kidnapped’ to a secondary school teacher, ‘to distribute to all his students’. The…
Andouillette, botox, Anne Hidalgo… A journey into bad taste with Nicolas d’Estienne d’Orves
What is bad taste? Flaubert had his opinion on the question: “It’s invariably the taste of the time that preceded us. Don’t all children find their father ridiculous?” A synonym…
The Pocket Book celebrates its 70th anniversary and publishes a Machiavellian novel
It was in February 1953 that the first “Pocket Books” appeared. Today, with more than a billion copies sold since its creation in 1953, Le Livre de Poche is the…
Salman Rushdie and Iranian youth: the same drive for freedom, by Abnousse Shalmani
He is alive ! damaged but alive! On the occasion of the American release of his new novel, Victory City, Salman Rushdie gave an interview to New Yorker, published on…
The military industry is making a profit and the order books are bulging – now the states are equipping Ukraine and strengthening their own defense with billions
STOCKHOLM For many, Saab brings to mind safe family cars, but today the company manufactures almost all equipment needed in war and defense, but no cars at all. On Friday,…