Tag: Literature
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…
“How a Predatory Elite Destroyed Lebanon” by Albert Dagher
international book With a month of crucial but uncertain legislative elections, Lebanon is suffering from one of the worst economic crises ever documented since the 19th century, according to the…
Axelle Jah Njiké, Afropean writer and militant feminist
Axelle Jah Njiké was born in Cameroon and has lived in Paris since childhood. Afropean author, podcaster, columnist and pagan feminist activist, she created the podcasts “Me My Sex and…
Laure Gouraige traces a life in black ink
In her new novel, Laure Gouraige confronts her heroine with the question of identity, origin and heritage, with the stigma of being reduced to a “black” person, and all that…