Tag: Literature
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…
Theater: for the director Rodolphe Dana, “everyone can appropriate Bartleby”
Cultural guest Bartlebya short story written by Herman Melville, author of Moby-Dick, tells the story of a strange and unique office worker who gradually abandons all activity in a kind…
Damn! From Ancient Greece to Captain Haddock: History of Swearing
Very present in literature, comics, song or cinema, insults, onomatopoeia, interjections and swear words add character and sometimes humor to our language! Some authors like Rabelais or Brassens have integrated…
Eliette Abécassis, in the name of the father
In the Abécassis family, En Sol Majeur would like the girl. It’s a family where there is a thinker, where there is a go-between. Eliette Abecassis, born at the crossroads…
Santiago Gamboa, a library, a house, a lifetime of memories
Santiago Gamboa is one of the most powerful and original voices in Colombian literature. Born in 1965, he studied literature in Bogota, Hispanic philology in Madrid, and Cuban literature at…
At the bedside of the dead mother, with the Haitian poet Rodney Saint-Éloi
Poet, publisher, activist, the Haitian Rodney Saint-Éloi delivers with his novel When it’s sad Bertha sings a moving story of mourning and homage to his deceased mother. Standing in front…