According to sociologist Michel Maffesoli, who spoke on the March 9 edition of «Face à l'info», we find ourselves at the crossroads of two eras: a time of quantity may be returning to a time of quality. If so, perhaps the 21st century will be that of the novel, which alone is capable of expressing unquantifiable truths. In many respects, and perhaps surprisingly, «99 francs», Frédéric Beigbeder's novel denouncing the tyranny of advertising and inaugurating the trilogy featuring Octave Parango, can be read according to this very conception of the novel - that of Milan Kundera.

With «L'Homme qui pleure de rire», the author paints a fresco of the last decade. Unflinchingly critical of what he calls «the dictatorship of laughter», Frédéric Beigbeder has penned a funny, philosophical novel set in an end-of-the-world Paris. One last nocturnal jaunt for Octave Parango.

LONG FORMAT ARTICLE | Beauty is promised by tourist agencies as a balm to soothe the neuroses of a life of frenetic offices, fast food and stress. Vacations, then, are the only bright spot in contemporary life: they're almost the exiguous drop in the bucket that the rich man in hell demands. But does the entertainment promised when we visit Porto, Split or Venice allow us to truly taste the beauty we're hoping for? And if we quench our thirst with this water, what will we leave to those who grew up near this source?

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