Tag: Books
Titaÿna, the woman with the soles of the wind
New episode of “Compagnons de voyage”, our series of portraits of travel writers. Discovering a woman in a hurry, but forgotten: Titaÿna, icon of the Roaring Twenties and the only…
a travelogue in the Iran of poets and mullahs
A prolific Turkish writer, Nedim Gürsel publishes Trip to Iran: Waiting for the Hidden Imam. This new book? which is the fruit of the peregrinations of the author through the…
A pastor in the USA burned the Harry Potter and Twilight books! Gathering around the fire…
Conservative pastor Greg Locke encouraged his followers to burn the Harry Potter and Twilight books, according to reports in the US media. DEFENDED THAT THEY HAVE RIGHTS In the images…
Literature: “Grey Bees”, by Andrei Kurkov
Andrei Kurkov is a “resident of war”, like the characters in his new novel. The Russian-speaking Ukrainian writer recounts the road movie of his character, a 49-year-old beekeeper, and comments…
Coaches, books, shows… The lucrative business of hypersensitivity
“I always felt different from the others, confides Laura, 29. It was as if I was not in the same world. As if the people around me did not have…
In memory of René de Obaldia, playwright, writer, French academician
In tribute to René de Obaldia, who died at the age of 103, special program with the rebroadcast of a major interview at his home to talk about his last…
“Erdogan’s Turkey” by journalist Anne Andlauer
But what are the strengths and weaknesses of President Erdogan, with the approach of new elections in 2023, while the AKP celebrates its 20 years of power next November? In…
“We should burn these books”: in American schools, censorship is in full swing
In November, a Kansas county school board announced the removal from circulation of 29 books from school libraries, including The bluest eye by Toni Morrison, the Scarlet Maid by Margaret…
The Gospel According to John Michael Coetzee
Nobel Prize in Literature 2003, South African JM Coetzee is the author of 13 novels, three autobiographical stories, collections of short stories and literary essays. Admired for his uncompromising prose,…
“Stay Up” by Michel Zecler
In November 2020, the Loopsider site published a video of unbearable violence: that of a man being beaten up by police in his music studio in Paris. The victim, Michel…