The heroine of «Miettes» (Crumbs) travels through life as one travels through a country that never awaits. Between factories, inherited debts and fading loves, Lukas Bärfuss tells the story of an existence that moves forward uncovered, at the cost of everything that should stand.
In «The Blue Sisters», Coco Mellors tracks this very contemporary fear of losing one's footing with disarming honesty, in the wake of four sisters on the edge of themselves.
With «Uvaspina», Monica Acito grabs hold of literature with hands full of the sacred fire of blinded myths, to deliver a blistering novel in which Naples becomes the theater of carnal violence, carried by a harsh, vindictive language.
In «La Montre d'Hitler» (Hitler's Watch), Yves Azéroual and Christophe Barbier combine thriller and reflection on transmission, using a watch that once belonged to the Führer to explore how an era haunts the living.
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.
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».
Every month, our literary critic puts a work through a kaleidoscope, to collect the images it projects and...
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.
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.
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