Tag: Books
nostalgia for a time when the world of letters was much more fun – L’Express
In highlight of Song of the books (Grasset), Gérard Guégan copied these two unstoppable sentences from La Fontaine: “Long works scare me. / Far from exhausting a material, / We…
Passion, dragons, TikTok… Why “romantasy” is so successful – L’Express
Some had been waiting for two hours. The signing session was sold out before it even started. The reason for this excitement at the 23rd Epinal Festival of Imaginary Literature?…
books to read (or reread) – L’Express
There are letters of which we know every line, or almost, such as this one written by Franz Kafka to his friend Max Brod (1884-1968): “My dearest Max, my last…
“A great fashion designer of modern times” – L’Express
I remember by Dick Fosbury. Sunday October 20, 1968, last day of athletics week at the Mexico Olympic Games. So much ink had been spilled, before the fortnight, about the…
a collective work which recalls the virtues of current Europe – L’Express
If you hadn’t seen him move to Grasset in 2022, it’s time to take a look at the Grand Tour. Self-portrait of Europe by its writers, published these days in…
Tennis: Novak Djokovic hit the match ball 03.07 – wrote himself into the history books: “Didn’t know what to do”
No match in the tournament staged since 1891 has finished so late. In addition, it was the title holder’s 369th victory in a Grand Slam and the 37-year-old equaled Roger…
this author who has accumulated 37 weeks of presence – L’Express
You have to know how to vary the pleasures. So, once is not customary, we are not going to talk to you (or at least very little) about the entrants…
look back at the chaotic life of the “last cursed writer” – L’Express
It is 1969, in the offices of the BBDO agency, on the Champs-Elysées. A young Rastignac of 20 years old, just arrived from Issoire, Thierry Ardisson, serves as factotum. The…
a dense tribute to life that burns your fingers – L’Express
Nine months is the time it took stomach cancer to take away Elizabeth Stromme, the wife of Philippe Garnier, at 59 years old. Eighteen years is the time that passed…
“We will have to return to the country…” – L’Express
I remember a flame. Yes, it’s a flame that I remember. A flame lit on July 19, 1996, in the sky over Atlanta. […]. And from a corridor where we…