Tag: Literature
“A way of loving” by Dominique Barbéris, the discreet force of desire
In this literary season, the writer Dominique Barbéris returns with an elegant novel which subtly paints the portrait of a secret, melancholic woman who leaves her native Brittany with her…
Literature: “Sensitivities”, a dystopian novel about “sensitive readers”
In her latest work “Sensibilities” published by Grasset, Tania de Montaigne highlights “sensitive readers”, a very particular profession. After the attempted assassination of a renowned writer which “shocked”, the publishing…
“Humus” by Gaspard Koenig, in the furrow of worms and men
Winner of the 2023 Interallié Prize and the Jean Giono Prize, finalist of the Goncourt and Renaudot Prizes, the philosopher and essayist Gaspard Koenig will have marked this literary season.…
2023 Nobel Prizes have found their winners! Awarded in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and economics
The 2023 Nobel Prizes, awarded in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and economics, were awarded at the ceremony held at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm, the capital…
“What are Russians thinking?”, Nicolas Wild delves into the mind of Putin’s Russia
What have the Russians been thinking since the invasion of Ukraine? Four months after the launch of the “special operation” as the Kremlin calls it, comics reporter Nicolas Wild went…
Ann Scott: “There is no competition in literature, but surely deadly decorum”
The writer Ann Scott, winner of the 2023 Renaudot prize for her novel entitled Les insolents, published by Calmann-Lévy, returns for RFI to this story of a woman who is…
Literature moves with the times at the Children’s Book Fair in Montreuil
It is the annual meeting for children, teenagers, and those who tell them stories and introduce them to the world, the Book and Youth Press Fair in Montreuil. Children’s literature…
Rebecca Lighieri: children’s literature, “that’s really where it all started”
Wendigo, is her second novel for adolescents that Rebecca Lighieri came to present at the 39th youth book fair in Montreuil, near Paris. The author tells the story of a…
Chile: “Room 406 – the Pablo Neruda affair”, story by Laurie Fachaux-Cygan
Fifty years after Augusto Pinochet’s coup d’état in Chile, the wounds inflicted by the military dictatorship have still not healed. Numerous judicial investigations into human rights violations are still ongoing.…
“Wandering souls” by Cécile Pin: “A touch of hope and hope”
The writer Cécile Pin has just published her first novel under the title Wandering souls, published by Stock. The Franco-Vietnamese author who now lives in London has written, in English,…