Tragedy strikes a quiet French commune, and a whole system collapses. Unfortunately, Emmanuel Venet turns this hot topic into a lukewarm novel.
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.
Deux ans après son précédent opus, l’auteure française est de retour en librairie pour nous donner «Rendez-vous à la Porte dorée», sur les traces d’un amour étiolé. Avec l’obsession de trouver sa vérité romanesque.
In his latest novel, French author Alexandre Duyck uses a Swiss news item to weave a universal tale of family and grief.
What can literature do for the living? In an unclassifiable text, somewhere between a narrative and a literary essay, Tanguy Viel attempts to capture fleeting thoughts in order to stretch them out on the pages of his new work,
Valery Larbaud (1881-1957) dedicated his works to Barnabooth, an idle billionaire intent on giving meaning to his existence, portraying the doubts and wanderings of a youth in search of the absolute. Vibrantly topical.
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.
Rachida Dati became Garde des Sceaux, while Sara became a murderer at the age of 19. Yet they both grew up in the same milieu, in the same small French town. Investigation into a provincial girl who exploded in mid-air.
Alors que la société et les mœurs que peint François Mauriac dans son œuvre semblent avoir disparu depuis longtemps, sa manière d’écrire fait de lui un auteur étonnement actuel.