Tag: Literature
Alberto Manguel, a polygamous reader
It seems that the books breed at night. That’s what I thought I heard in some whispering libraries. It seems thatAlberto Manguel, this reading thinker knows a lot about the…
sixty years ago, the disappearance of Jean Amrouche, the mediator
The year 2022 marks sixty years since the end of the Algerian war. Among the tributes this year, that paid to a major actor of this period. Jean Amrouche, a…
“She leaves him, he kills her”, by Sandrine Bouchait
Book France the Book France of the week denounces the horror of feminicides and the dysfunctions of justice. In 2021, 113 women were victims of femicide in France. Sandrine Bouchait,…
Solenn Bardet, white woman, red woman
Solenn Bardet is officially known to be a geographer, ethnographer, documentarist, but in reality she comes from countless dreams (as Ariane Mnouchkine would say). Dreams born, lying on a carpet,…
Claudio Magris, writing, remembering, and aging in Trieste
Essayist and novelist, winner of numerous prizes, Claudio Magris was born in Trieste in 1939. His works are translated all over the world. He is notably the author of “Danube”,…
In Chad without the stars, with Nétonon Noël Ndjékéry
The Chadian Nétonon Noël Ndjékéry explores in his new novel, There is no rainbow in Heaven, the difficult subject of trans-Saharan slavery. Combining the breath of great epic tales and…
Isabelle Facon: “The erroneous assumptions of the Russian army in Ukraine”
Nearly two months after the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s army is refocusing on a single objective: the Donbass, in the east of the country. Since…
Michel Bruneau: “World-peoples of the long term”
Ideas Pierre-Édouard Deldique receives in his magazine Idées: Michel Bruneau, geographer, specialist in geohistory, author of ” World-peoples of the long term, Chinese, Indians, Iranians, Greeks, Jews, Armenians », at…
Amélie Cordonnier, when sex is gone
In her third novel, Amélie Cordonnier depicts with humor and derision the psyche of a man faced with the abstinence he faces in his marriage. “Not tonight” is the story…
Chika Unigwe, from Nigeria to Belgium, the women behind the window
Chika Unigwe was born in 1974 in Enugu, Nigeria, where she lived before continuing her studies in Belgium, and obtaining a doctorate in Literature. She now lives in the United…