Sorting through the belongings of a deceased loved one is often part of the grieving process. Ludivine Ribeiro has taken the exercise a step further. She has published a book. A way for the Geneva-based author to recount a slice of life. Her own and that of her family. A gentle, therapeutic book.
Des milliers d’années après une catastrophe atomique qui a ravagé la planète, l’humanité se reconstruit. Est-elle condamnée à répéter certaines erreurs? C'est l'une des questions que pose le roman existentiel «Crâl». Entretien avec son auteur suisse Alexandre Correa.
In his only novel, published posthumously in 1976, Fritz Zorn stabs at the Swiss bourgeois society that killed him. A work about two converging cancers: his own and conformism. This important book received a new French translation this year.
, First of all, the long wait before the death of a sick mother. Then, the thousands of kilometers traveled all over Russia with her ashes. A poetic autofiction, but bordering on exhibitionism. True and powerful, or just shocking?
Let's set the scene right away. The title is literary. Not literal. The fact remains that the novel «Volodia» - short for Vladimir - deals with the means of eliminating the statesman. Four scenarios are proposed. It's up to the reader to choose. Cathartic action par excellence.
Social fracture and disillusionment: the silent majority and the Parisian elite no longer understand each other. At the center of the fray, a providential politician makes promises, heats up and charms the crowds. A powerful critique of populism, even of democracy.
«Our fathers, our brothers, our friends: inside the heads of violent men». The title makes it clear that the authors are also nice guys and loved ones. An added bonus: Mathieu Palain encourages us to ask ourselves which link in the chain of violence we occupy.
This book should have been called «The Poetess», not «Miss Iceland». But that's the heart of the matter. In this Iceland of the sixties, the heroine wants to become a writer. And yet, her being is systematically reduced to her body. A gently combative novel.
As the soccer World Cup gets underway, the authors of «Esclaves de l'Homme-pétrole» look back at the scandals in Qatar. Numerous testimonials reveal the reasons why so many workers - male and female! - to come and build in the Gulf States.
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