Tag: Literature
Literature: Miguel Bonnefoy brings the “Inventor” of solar energy out of the shadows
The writer Miguel Bonnefoy is releasing a new novel in this literary season, already in the first selection of the Prix Femina, entitled The inventorthe true story of a great…
Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Colombia, the guerrillas and the Mao school
Juan Gabriel Vasquez’s latest novel traces the extraordinary life of Colombian director Sergio Cabrera. An intimate story that mingles with the great collective movements of the 20th century between Maoist…
Joffrine Donnadieu, cruel gentleness and checkers games
After “A History of France”, her very noticed first novel, Joffrine Donnadieu returns with a sequel to her story. A breathtaking close-up. A face-to-face between two women without pity and…
Philippe Jaenada, Ananda Devi, Léonora Miano, Mehdi Charef, among others, 9th stage
This week, we take you to discover several personalities against the background of the literary season: the French author Philippe Jaenada, the Mauritian author Ananda Devi, the Quebec author Denise…
“How much do our lives cost?”, by Pauline Londeix and Jérôme Martin
The France book of the week dissects the drug circuit. Research, production, marketing. So that access to treatments is not restricted to certain categories of the population or to certain…
2022 literary season: Africa-Caribbean-Black America (1)
Less rich than in previous years, this year’s literary season offers 490 new titles, including 345 French novels for 135 foreigners. The black world occupies a privileged place in this…
Kinga Wyrzykowska, when the family becomes the theater of society
Born in 1977 in Warsaw, Kinga Wyrzykowska emigrated to France as a child, during the state of siege in her country. white paw is his first novel. ” The Simart-Duteils…
The quest for the lost and found language, with Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse
Winner of the 2020 Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie for her first novel, the Franco-Rwandan Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse has established herself as one of the major voices of…
“In China’s rearview mirror, India’s image keeps shrinking”
A retired diplomat, Shyam Saran was the number two in the Foreign Ministry in New Delhi, and India’s ambassador to Beijing. He is the author of several books on the…
Minh Tran Huy, my son, my battle
Minh Tran Huy is a literary critic and writer. She is the author of multi-award-winning novels: The Princess and the Fisherman (2007), The Double Life of Anna Song (2009), Traveler…