Tag: Books
Christophe Donner, Andréa Bescond and Laurence Cossé: books not to be missed
What my half-naked grandmother did on the General’s desk By Christopher Donner. Grasset, 299 pages, €22. The rating of L’Express: 4/5 A good resolution for 2023: return to live in…
“Mediator, a chemically pure crime”
/ Podcasts / Book France The Mediator’s appeal trial opens on January 9 in Paris. Mediator, a chemically pure crime, this is the France book of this week. Interview with…
Daniel Pennac: “In two thousand and a few pages, they will have done everything for me”
Would Malaussene be his elixir of youth or would the civil registrars of Casablanca have been mistaken? Still, it’s hard to believe that the youthful-looking man who receives us at…
René Depestre, between poetry and revolution
We know René Depestre poet, essayist, novelist, Renaudot Prize 1988 for his novel Hadriana in all my dreams. Coming to literature through poetry, the man was also a political activist,…
The 1000 books that make you want to read by Sarah Sauquet
Professor of letters and author, Sarah Sauquet has published several books including “A hero and heroine name, a dictionary of literary names” (Le Robert, 2019), “Crossing literature in 365 days”…
Writer Sarah Sauquet: “Literature saved me”
/ Podcasts / Cultural guest The writer Sarah Sauquet publishes an anthology: 1000 books that make you want to read published by Glénat. A beautiful illustrated and thematic book in…
Braille books for the first time accessible at the single bookstore price
News Published on 01/05/2023 at 11:01 a.m. Updated 01/05/2023 at 11:01 a.m. Reading 2 mins. More than 2,000 books in Braille have been accessible since Wednesday at the price of…
Literature: “There is no rainbow in paradise”, the slave trade in a griot language
/ Podcasts / In person(s) In this book, Nétonon Noël Ndjékéry explores the past and present of Chad, his native country. Slave trade, colonization, world conflicts and coups d’etat which…
Houellebecq and Islam: a bit of deja vu, by Pierre Assouline
Give us that! The scene that will soon play out in court between Michel Houellebecq and Islam in France has a little air of deja vu. The trial will however…
Braille books accessible for the first time at the price of a classic book
This Wednesday, January 4, World Braille Day, more than 2,000 books in Braille were made available at the single book price, which until then had only been applied to so-called…