Literature

«Last summer in town», the intoxication of la dolce vita

By Quentin Perissinotto · June 14, 2022

*The Last Summer in the City* is a masterpiece rediscovered after years of obscurity. Published in Italy in the 1970s, the novel has enjoyed...

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In Valais, a utopian community stands up to agribusiness giant Synsanto«

By Diana-Alice Ramsauer · June 7, 2022

Olivier May’s *Agrotopia* is a novel of contrasts. On the one hand, a corrupt agribusiness world that peddles genetically modified seeds...

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L'écho des voix retrouvées «Des sirènes» by Colombe Boncenne

By Aude Robert-Tissot · May 24, 2022

Tuesday Books – Aude Robert-Tissot Colombe Boncenne takes us from the touching intimacy of a hospital room to a small apartment...

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Annie Ernaux, «Le jeune homme» is bitter

By Quentin Perissinotto · May 17, 2022

Les bouquins du mardi – Quentin Perissinotto Annie Ernaux s’est imposée au fil des ans comme l’une des figures majeures de la...

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Three sacrificed on the altar of revolutionary rage

By Diana-Alice Ramsauer · 10 May 2022

Tuesday Books – Diana-Alice Ramsauer This is the story of a country liberated from Nazism by the Soviet Union. Here is some...

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Why (re)read San-Antonio?

By Ivan Garcia · May 3, 2022

Tuesday Books – Ivan Garcia Pocket Editions has launched a pocket-sized reprint series of the works...

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What's the price of porn? Morality in the face of pornstar pleasure

By Diana-Alice Ramsauer · 19 April 2022

Les bouquins du mardi - Diana-Alice Ramsauer «There's one equation that can't be done anymore - it's the one that...

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In the carnage of «Like Carthage»

By Quentin Perissinotto · 12 April 2022

Les bouquins du mardi - Quentin Perissinotto An address from the author to the publisher on the back cover, a cover made from a montage...

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Allô docteur bobo

By Arthur Billerey · April 5, 2022

Tuesday's Books – Arthur Billerey With humor and generosity, Alice Bergerac kindly breaks medical confidentiality and...