Tag: Literature
Martinique: Viktor Lazlo presents the literary festival “In a dream country”, a “land of writers”
L’Guest culture is the singer and writer Viktor Lazlo who created in Martinique, where she is from, a literary festival entitled “In a dream country”. For the second year, the…
“Watch over her” by Jean-Baptiste Andrea, a destiny engraved in stone
Awarded the prestigious Prix Goncourt 2023, the fourth novel by Jean-Baptiste Andrea offers a fresco of almost 600 pages which immerses us in Italy in the first half of the…
Music: the sensitive and rhythmic banter of rapper Petite Gueule
Actress and musician, Petite Gueule has just released her first album, Scoldwhich combines rap and songs with lyrics and for which she received the Coup de coeur from the Charles…
Literature – Kevin Lambert immerses us in the psyche of the ultra-rich
After Querelle, which told the story of a workers’ strike in a sawmill in Northern Canada, Kevin Lambert climbs the social elevator and explores in Let Our Joy Remain another…
Writer Neige Sinno wins the 2023 Femina Prize with “Sad Tiger”
Favorite part, Neige Sinno, 46 years old, won the Femina 2023 prize with her writing on incest suffered when she was a child. After having already enthused 80,000 readers, the…
Tchicaya U Tam’Si a “cursed” poet: conversation with literary critic Boniface Mongo-Mboussa
Tchicaya U Tam’Si is a monument of modern African literature. A specialist in his work, the literary critic Boniface Mongo-Mboussa devotes a luminous biographical essay to him. Both narrative and…
For Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s war with China is not an option
Two and a half months before the presidential election in Taiwan, it is time to take stock for the woman who presided over the island for eight years. Tsai Ing-wen,…
Former newsagent Jean Rouaud recounts his Goncourt Prize in “Autumn Comedy”
A few days before the new Goncourt Prize which will be announced on November 7, 2023, the cultural guest is a former winner: Jean Rouaud, awarded in 1990 for his…
“The Oath of Berne”, by Jean-Luc Romero-Michel
According to all polls, nine out of ten French people would be in favor of a “ultimate freedom” law on the end of life. Jean-Luc Romero-Michel, honorary president of the…
Colum McCann, 1001 nights at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Born in 1965 in Dublin, Colum McCann today lives in New York with his wife and their three children… Short story writer, essayist, he is also the author of novels…