Section: Literature
Disalping illusions

Disalping illusions

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.
«Fake news» from the Second Empire

«Fake news» from the Second Empire

In his column, former Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin shares a piece of reading that has left a lasting impression on him. This month, he looks at misinformation through the prism of Anatole France's novel «Le Comte Morin, député».
Not all preceptors were saints

Not all preceptors were saints

While Rousseau's writings paved the way for a literature of intimate education, they also gave shape to the stereotypical vision of the preceptor that dominated the French literary landscape until Stendhal.
In praise of the long sentence

In praise of the long sentence

In an age of slogans and elusive attention spans, the short sentence is a must. They click, hit and sell. And yet, some spaces resist. In the meanders of literature, language catches its breath.