Tag: Literature
JJ Bola, clinging to life in exile
The Congolese writer JJ Bola publishes a very beautiful novel on the difficulties of exile. ” Nowhere to lay your head is available from Mercure de France, in the “Foreign…
Literature: Julia Deck, National Monument, social comedy around a legacy
At the castle, there is the father, old lion of French cinema and national glory. There is the young wife, ex-Miss Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, entirely devoted to her family and to…
Literature: Bruno Lus publishes a fierce novel about suffering adolescence
The college bell rang. Lucie, 13, bites off a piece of the ear of Enzo, a classmate who posted a disgusting montage of her on Facebook. Blood flows. And the…
In the spotlight: Christiane Taubira presidential candidate 2022
“ Could the wind be changing direction? ” asks himself The Sunday Journal. While the vaccination pass will apply in a few days, this weekly, Ifop poll in support, reports…
Tierno Monénembo, in memory of the victims of Camp Boiro in Guinea
Born July 21, 1947 in Guinea, Tierno Monénembo went into exile in 1969 and lived successively in Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire before moving to France in 1973 to continue his…
History and Race with Grace Ly
Incredible, there is the word race in Grace. But is her name really Grace Ly? Nicknamed small banana by mom, she made a food blog out of it. So blogger…
My neighbor, the travel writer: meeting with Bernard Ollivier
An apostle of slow travel, a former French journalist and late travel writer, Bernard Ollivier created the association Seuil in 2000, an association for the reintegration of young people in…
Theatre: “Gulliver’s Travels” adapted by Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq
Gulliver’s Travels, written at the beginning of the 18th century by the Anglo-Irish author Jonathan Swift, has come down to us as a children’s tale. The largely amputated original text…
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, the big bath challenge
Filmmaker Mahamat-Saleh Haroun is publishing a jubilant new novel freely inspired by the fate of Eric Moussambani, a young Guinean swimmer who marked the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. We…
Stéphane Audeguy, the empire of metamorphoses
Stéphane Audeguy’s new novel strolls through a century of Japanese history. A kaleidoscope of intersecting women’s destinies, in a Japan torn between tradition and modernity. A young American bride who…