Tag: Books
By heart – Living books
” I choose to remember, but can I choose to forget? It is from this question that the artist and choreographer Mette Edvardsen decided to create her memories and learn…
American democracy in danger?
In The Conservative Revolution in the United States. From abortion to the right to vote, democracy perverted (Editions de l’Aube), Ludivine Gilli deciphers the springs of this reactionary wind blowing…
Jean-Paul Mari, the reporter who seeks light at the end of the night
Jean-Paul Mari was born in 1950 in Algiers. He is a journalist, reporter and writer. Albert-Londres Prize, Bayeux Prize for War Correspondents, Grand Prize for “Elle” readers, he is among…
“India, a fragile giant”, by Olivier Da Lage
The India of Gandhi and Nehru, founded 75 years ago on secular principles, is increasingly dominated by the Hindu nationalism of the BJP, the ruling party of Prime Minister Narendra…
Olivia Rosenthal: “When you’re a writer, you’re used to being desperate”
Olivia Rosenthal is in the running for the Prix Médicis with her book entitled A monkey at my window, published by Verticales. The tale of a trip to Japan where…
Villa Al Qamar: a historic place to strengthen cultural exchanges between France and Lebanon
A set recorded at Villa El Qamar, in the historic city of Deir El-Qamar, “the convent of the moon”, about forty kilometers from Beirut, near the Mediterranean coast. This villa…
“The Cartographer of Absences”, new novel by Mozambican writer Mia Couto
He is one of the greatest writers in the Portuguese language, his name has circulated for the Nobel Prize for Literature. Mozambican Mia Couto publishes The Cartographer of Absences. This…
Beirut Books: how is the French language evolving in Lebanon?
How does French evolve in Lebanon in an Arabic-speaking environment with strong competition from English? A hard-hitting question as the new Book Fair takes place in Beirut with a hundred…
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Beirut Books, a French-speaking literary festival in a country in the midst of a crisis
Writers of 18 mainly French-speaking nationalities will be the guests of Beirut Books, a French-speaking literary festival … A new itinerant literary meeting in the Lebanese capital … a ray…