Tag: Books
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…
Best literary sales: the great return of yesterday’s bestsellers
It’s amazing, how readers fuse on “safe” values. Not content with acclaiming the winners of the autumn grand prizes (Giuliano da Empoli, 270,000 copies sold of Kremlin Magethe live fast…
Pierre Lemaitre and Didier Decoin: books not to be missed
Silence and Anger By Pierre Lemaitre. Calmann-Lévy, 579 pages, €23.90. The rating of L’Express: 3/5 (in bookstores on January 10) Before resetting the counters, let’s recall a key figure from…
Literature: Rouda, the power of words and the strength of commitment
/ Podcasts / In person(s) Between Belleville and La Brousse, Ben is looking for his place. He goes through the 1990s, the upheavals of the world and the social struggles…
Andreï Makine, Véronique Ovaldé and Raphaël Haroche, books not to be missed
The Old Calendar of a Love By Andrei Makine. Grasset, 198 pages, €19.50. The rating of L’Express: 3/5 (in bookstores on January 11) If Andreï Makine abandons the Siberia of…