Tag: Books
How the mad dash for energy caused the climate crisis
There are books of circumstances, written in a few weeks, even a few months to stick to burning news. And then there are books that are the culmination of several…
Best literary sales: it’s on the move!
It was predictable: the literary returns do not wait for ages to produce their first effects, so, after four short days of sale, some of the books released on January…
Philippe Besson, Céline Laurens and Mariana Enriquez: the books not to be missed
This is not a news item By Philippe Besson. Julliard, 208 pages, €20. The rating of L’Express: 3/5 What energy! In almost six years, Philippe Besson will have written an…
“Soap and Tears” by Delphine Chedaleux
/ Podcasts / Book France The French Book of the week is interested in soap-operas, these sentimental soap operas intended for housewives and which evolved considerably during the 20th century.…
“Twilight”: Philippe Claudel at war against efficient and alternative truths
Nine years ! A beautiful gestation to give birth to a great book. One of these frescoes dealing with contemporary problems under cover of a fable. From the great Philippe…
The saga of the Rockefeller empire: a story worthy of an Alexandre Dumas novel
The name of the American Ida Tarbell evokes for specialists in the history of the press the beginnings of investigative journalism; that is to say, a journalism based on a…
Best literary sales: 2022, end clap!
Week 52! Here we are, we are at this last week of sales of the year 2022. The bets are cast… But as the bookstore never stops, we are already…
Readers’ letters: Obscurantists, Putin, electricity prices…
The new obscurantists René Andron, Marseilles (Bouches-du-Rhône) At a time when the content of social networks replaces general culture, reflection and debate, the risk is real that a minority of…
Mia and Hannah cheered – were at a skiing competition in Matfors when Frida entered the history books
SVT meets Mia and Hannah Karlsson at a skiing competition in Matfors, a competition that Hannah won, but they also managed to see when Frida won the Tour de Ski.…
closure of the main and only public library
Salim Hatubou, Comoros’ most prolific writer, must be turning in the grave. The public library that bears his name, in Moroni, has just closed its doors for good. Opened after…