Tag: Literature
Mina Namous, in the life of a free woman in love in Algiers
Mina Namous, born in 1984 in Paris in an Algerian family, spent her childhood and adolescence in Algeria. A lawyer, she practiced in Algiers then in Paris. From 2010 to…
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 stigmatization of being reduced to a “black” person and all that…
A special literary start in France
No respite for booksellers after the holidays. Over 540 new novels land in January. A plethora of literary re-entry that breaks all records. There will be competition between star writers…
Bernard Quiriny, story of a baron a little perched
In his new unclassifiable novel, Bernard Quiriny paints a portrait full of fantasies of Baron Archibald of Handrax, a bearded giant living in his manor in the Allier, lover of…
“Annihilate”, the new novel by Michel Houellebecq is desired
Michel Houellebecq, the world star writer of contemporary French literature, publishes his eighth novel, “Anéantir” on January 7, with Flammarion editions. All the press has already echoed it for several…
defenders of historical memory are fighting for the end of Franco’s censorship
The main association (the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory, the ARMH) fighting against the Franco legacy has issued an unprecedented request to the head of the socialist government…
Family spirit: Senegalese writer Ken Bugul and her Sene-Gambian grandson Modou N’diaye
Remember this cookie box that we opened 1 year ago while listening, hidden behind the station, to several conversations between grandmothers and granddaughters …. With always this question: how is…
Camille de Toledo, in the twentieth century labyrinth
Ending the 20th century: this could be the wish of Camille de Toledo, our guest. Unfortunately confined to Berlin, only our telephone voices will be able to discuss Theseus, his…
“When I wrote, I did not see the walls”
In Turkey, writer Ahmet Altan, 72, spent five years behind bars. The government accuses him of having helped launch the attempted coup against him in 2016. Released last April, the…
(RE-BROADCAST) – Literature: Tanguy Viel publishes a novel on the influence seen from the inside
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, author Tanguy Viel publishes “The girl we call”. A novel about influence, domination and consent. Guest: Tanguy VielI, French author. His latest novel…