Tag: Books
Notre-Dame de Paris in the age of science, with Philippe Dillmann
In the aftermath of the Notre-Dame fire of April 15, 2019, mobilization instantly follows emotion. Thus begins a formidable scientific adventure told in the collective work Notre-Dame de Paris, science…
After 12 years of work, the Richelieu site of the BNF reopens its doors
Paris has a new cultural venue: the Richelieu site of the National Library of France. The historic site is reopening after twelve years of work. On the occasion of Heritage…
“Dog 51” by Laurent Gaudé
The French playwright and writer Laurent Gaudé, Goncourt prize in 2004, publishes in this literary season Chien 51 (Editions Actes Sud). An atypical fiction in his work since, for the…
Books of condolence set up at county facilities
Books of condolence have been set up at several Norfolk County facilities to allow area residents to pay respects to Queen Elizabeth II. The long-reigning monarch died Thursday at the…
Literature: Catherine Millet, chronicle of a youth in the St Germain des Près of the 60s
Catherine Millet tries to unravel the mysterious intertwining of chances, confused desires, more or less well-understood opportunities that lead a young girl with no luggage, no money and no great…
Halimata Fofana, the scar woman
Long torn between two worlds, under the weight of a taboo inherited from generation to generation called excision. Welcome to our intimacy In G Major. No doubt you make your…
The African Marseille of Claude McKay
Intrigue in the world of publishing, we found the microfilm of a novel by Claude McKay, writer of the Harlem Renaissance movement and author of Banjo. The text will eventually…
“I have avenged the race, an indictment?” by Roberson Pierre
As part of the year of The beautiful human love devoted to Jacques Stephen Alexis, the Maurice Alfredo Sixto Foundation (FMAS) launched, on Wednesday August 31, 2022, a book on…
Touhfat Mouhtare, all fire, all flame
Born in 1986 in Moroni, Comoros, Touhfat Mouhtare grew up between her island and several countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Came to France to continue her studies, she now lives in…
“How does a couple of African-Americans without stories come to hijack a plane?”
Panthers and Pirates. African-Americans between class struggle and Black Power is the true and unknown story of Melvin and Jean McNair, two African-Americans from North Carolina who, in 1973, take…