Author: Jonas Follonier
Jonas Follonier

JONAS FOLLONIER

Jonas Follonier, editor-in-chief of *L’Agefi* and essayist, is the founder and president of *Regard Libre*.

Meet the Marzella duo, on the road to a bright future

Meet the Marzella duo, on the road to a bright future

Marzia Celii and Ella Malherbe have been touring Europe for ten years under the name Marzella, bringing their original folk-rock to an ever-growing audience. Their new single, Lovely Bird, marks the arrival of French in their lyrics, and has been a resounding success.

Yves Duteil: «I’m a conveyor of emotions»

«Prendre un enfant par la main...» (Take a child by the hand). When you read these words or hear the melody behind them, you immediately recognize the singer Yves Duteil. A singer-songwriter, he is also a writer. We met him when he was in Geneva to sign his book Et si la clé était ailleurs, which takes the title of one of his songs.
«Portnoy and his complex»

«Portnoy and his complex»

Portnoy et son complexe«, the 1969 novel that earned American author Philip Roth his sulphurous reputation, is a must-read. The author had already published a collection of short stories ten years earlier, »Goodbye, Columbus«, which was not a success. Nevertheless, Roth's obsessive themes were already present, starting of course with Jewishness. Like all geniuses, Roth is obsessive. Imagine a Tarantino who wasn't obsessive, or a Proust, a Polnareff, a Flaubert or a Kubrick. And there's one obsession that runs through the whole of »Portnoy and His Complex«: sex.