Tag: Books
Alain Mabanckou, life in the kingdom of the dead
Born in Pointe-Noire in Congo-Brazzaville, Alain Mabanckou teaches today in the United States. Translator, editor, writer, documentary filmmaker, he is the author of numerous essays and novels including porcupine memory…
“Power games”, behind the scenes of the media, by Mathieu Gallet
Mathieu Gallet, the former CEO of Radio France, tells the backstage of the media and power in France. He was only 37 when he was appointed in 2014 and his…
“The left in Israel, conversation between generations” by Ouri Weber
Ouri Weber is a sociologist, member of Kibbutz Yekhiam, in Israel, which he joined in 1966 with a group of the socialist Zionist youth movement Hashomer Hatzaïr. This summer, he…
Literary back to school 2022: “It’s a lottery by definition”
After an exceptional year for the world of French publishing, only 490 novels are expected at the start of the 2022 academic year. The headliners are called Virginie Despentes with…
What Game of Thrones books are there and how many are to come?
Game of Thrones is over on TV, but A Song of Ice and Fire is far from over. George RR Martin continues to write the finale of his fantasy saga,…
In China, Winnie the Pooh is a dangerous work, in the USA censorship is often related to sexuality – we are looking for a number of banned books from around the world
Banning books is not only a thing of the past, but also commonplace in 2022. Digitalization has expanded censorship and brought a new tool to those in power. Maarit Piri-Lahti,…
Hail Marianne by Pierre Bonte
Marianne is the symbol of the Republic and of freedom. His bust sits in all the town halls of France. Passionate collector, former journalist of France of the villages, Pierre…
You need these Tolkien books before the Amazon series
Amazon’s fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power opens on September 2, 2022 at Prime and takes us to a time 1000 years before Frodo’s Middle-earth.…
In the company of books, with the Tunisian Yamen Manaï
An engineer by training, the Tunisian Yamen Manaï chose literature to express his revolts, his frustrations and his despair in the face of the excesses of the world. At 40,…
Three books to devour about the city of the past, present and future
The secret society of those who walk at random Rémy Oudghiri likes to walk randomly in the streets of Paris. Little by little, he realizes that others share his taste…