Literature

Rendezvous on familiar ground

By Sandrine Rovere · 21 February 2025

With «Ce qu'il reste de tout ça», Fanny Desarzens paints a gentle, sensitive portrait of an ordinary family in the French-speaking part of Switzerland during the "Trente Glorieuses".

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Villains are his great passion

By Sandrine Rovere · December 20, 2024

Popularized under the pseudonym L'Odieux Connard, Julien Hervieux claims the slogan «Qu'il est bon d'être mauvais!» ("It's good to be bad!"). In his new book, he dismantles with relish the greatest villains of all time.

Literature

«Ilaria», a road trip from a child's point of view

By Sandrine Rovere · November 14, 2024

This deeply moving portrait of a young girl abducted by her father is a must-have for the new French-language literary season. It already looks set for success in the French-language awards.

Literature

«La Fanatique»: a journey to the heart of hatred

By Sandrine Rovere · October 30, 2024

With this hard-hitting novel, Lovlé Tillmanns brilliantly gets inside the head of the «First Lady» of the Third Reich. Fascinating and disturbing.

Literature

America according to Joseph Incardona

By Sandrine Rovere · September 20, 2024

Dans son dernier roman, le Genevois démonte avec délectation tous les clichés de l’Amérique «made in Hollywood». Et on aurait tort de penser qu’on en avait déjà suffisamment entendu parler.

Literature

Neige Sinno received with honors in Lausanne

By Sandrine Rovere · 05 July 2024

The French writer, already the winner of numerous literary prizes, has added a new one to her collection: the Goncourt de la Suisse award, which was presented to her in May at the Palais de Rumine.

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The missing of Tsanfleuron become novel heroes

By Sandrine Rovere · 13 June 2024

In his latest novel, French author Alexandre Duyck uses a Swiss news item to weave a universal tale of family and grief.

Literature

A marriage of love and reason between the Dzodzets of the publishing world

By Sandrine Rovere · May 30, 2024

It's a rapprochement that's almost like passing the baton. Here we meet the two men behind the alliance, which aims to make Editions Montsalvens a key player in the publishing industry in French-speaking Switzerland.

Literature

«Camille s'en va» with sirens and tear gas grenades

By Sandrine Rovere · April 17, 2024

Thomas Flahaut has written a third novel with a taste of the end of the world. A gem of inspired writing, it reveals the price paid by those who decide to rebel.