Tag: Literature
“Two literary agents in the American century”, by Laurence Cossu-Beaumont
How were Colette, Sartre and Malraux exported to the United States? How did the great American texts arrive in France between the wars? Two literary agents in the American century…
Fatou Diome, freedom of writing
“We write because we couldn’t live without it.” It is with these words, in her latest novel, that Fatou Diome opens up about her passion for writing. The successful Franco-Senegalese…
With the disappearance of Professor Jacques Chevrier, African literature loses an ardent defender
Professor of African literature, literary critic, head of collections, Jacques Chevrier has just died. He will be missed by many people, especially his students, to whom he was able to…
“Despite all my rage” by Jérémy Fel, the violent Cap sans espoir
For this new literary season, Jérémy Fel returns with a fourth punchy, addictive and terrifying novel that will undoubtedly leave the reader completely stunned by so much terror. Four teenage…
Juliette Volcler, sound critic, author of “The orchestration of everyday life”
Pierre-Édouard Deldique welcomes Juliette Volcler, researcher, producer, sound critic, author of Contrôle, to his magazine Idées. How the art of sound manipulation was invented in 2017. She has just published…
Inside Zimbabwe’s political zoo, with NoViolet Bulawayo [1/2]
Zimbabwean novelist, NoViolet Bulawayo illuminates the foreign re-entry 2023 with her second novel Glory, an allegorical account of the history of Zimbabwe. Original, inventive and funny, this book is a…
Eric Delphin-Kwegoué (Cameroon): “LeZ-Zanimal” – It’s okay, everyone
A homecoming architect with grand plans, a money-obsessed billionaire, a witchy naturopath, and ambitious kids. A fable about the harshness of contemporary life, greed and wild dreams of a new…
“Planet China Zero Covid, three years in orbit”, by Gaëlle Déchelette and Carole Gabay
The terms “Zero Covid” in China have disappeared from the country’s official press since the relaxation of sanitary measures last winter. During the pandemic, the expatriate association Solidarité Covid carried…
Natacha Appanah, in memory of her Indian ancestors in Mauritius
Nathacha Appanah has published her first novel The rocks of Poudre d’Or in 2003. She is the author, in particular, of Last F=brother and of Tropic of Violence. His work…
“The Abbey Bookshop”, an island of Canadian literature in the heart of Paris
Passionate about novels, the Canadian Brian Spence opened his bookstore The Abbey Bookshop in 1989, which he dedicated to English-language works, in the Latin Quarter of Paris. A tiny haven…