Tag: Books
Etienne de Montety, Nathalie Rheims and Mathieu Palain: books not to be missed
Sweetness By Etienne de Montety. Stock, 265 pages, €20.50. The rating of L’Express: 3/5 Softness By Etienne de Montety. © / Stock The Socialist Party does not have a monopoly…
Publishing cannot do without publishers, let it be said! By Pierre Assouline
In what other country would the death of a major publisher make the front page of a national daily and the cover of a cultural magazine? That Jérôme Lindon was…
‘The two Pulitzers haven’t changed much’: Colson Whitehead, ‘America’s storyteller’
He still has his dreadlocks. We worried about it, with the honors due to its double Pulitzer (a double that only three authors, including Faulkner and Updike, achieved before him),…
Books worth millions must be cleaned up after a fire at Bollnäs library
– This has major consequences for our younger borrowers, says Sara Åhs, children’s and youth librarian at Bollnäs library. It is above all reference books and children’s books in other…
When Gaëlle Nohant tries to repair broken destinies
The Office for the Clarification of Destinies, By Gaelle Nohant. Grasset, 408 pages, €23. The rating of L’Express: 3/5 The Office for the Clarification of Fates : it looks like…
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…