The heroine of «Miettes» (Crumbs) travels through life as one travels through a country that never awaits. Between factories, inherited debts and fading loves, Lukas Bärfuss tells the story of an existence that moves forward uncovered, at the cost of everything that should stand.
In «The Blue Sisters», Coco Mellors tracks this very contemporary fear of losing one's footing with disarming honesty, in the wake of four sisters on the edge of themselves.
With «Uvaspina», Monica Acito grabs hold of literature with hands full of the sacred fire of blinded myths, to deliver a blistering novel in which Naples becomes the theater of carnal violence, carried by a harsh, vindictive language.
Every month, our literary critic puts a work through a kaleidoscope, collecting the images it projects and reconstructing their diffractions. Even if the flashes of genius turn out to be shards of glass.
Every month, our literary critic puts a work through a kaleidoscope, collecting the images it projects and reconstructing their diffractions. Even if the flashes of genius turn out to be shards of glass.
In Neuchâtel, the Théâtre du Passage opens its brasserie to French-speaking humor with the Boulimy Comedy Mardy. Five artists take it in turns to perform an hour of raw, complicit stand-up, driven by a close relationship with the audience - despite a more mixed reception in theatres.
Every month, our literary critic puts a work through a kaleidoscope, collecting the images it projects and reconstructing their diffractions. Even if the flashes of genius turn out to be shards of glass.
Every month, our literary critic puts a work through a kaleidoscope, to collect the images it projects and...
It's no surprise that literary critics devour tons of books. However, in this chronicle, the one who devours the object of his work is not him, but a modest, intrepid employee of a car junkyard.
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