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«Au secours pardon»: we'll end up crying together

written by Loris S. Musumeci

Before his critique of the «society of sneers» in *The Man Who Cries with Laughter* (2020), but after his escapades as a cocaine-addicted advertising executive in *99 Francs* (2000), Octave Parango spent four seasons in Russia. In *Au secours pardon* (2007), Frédéric Beigbeder’s alter ego is as wretched, funny, fascinating, despairing, horrible, tragic, pathetic, and touching as ever.

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Jacques Pilet takes us back to Switzerland a century ago
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Jacques Pilet takes us back to Switzerland a century ago

By Jonas Follonier · October 1, 2019
Last month, Swiss journalist Jacques Pilet published his second novel, *Hôtel Belvédère*, with Editions de l'Aire. Reading it, we are transported back to Switzerland in 1914. Amid a Europe in turmoil, Jules, the young son of a farmer from Vevey, falls in love with a Russian student and decides to leave for Africa. A gripping tale that explores tragic history through a heartwarming story.
Go «In search of Alice Love».»
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Partez «A la recherche d’Alice Love»

By Lauriane Pipoz · August 20, 2019
After a fall, thirty-nine-year-old Alice Love is left with amnesia: she has forgotten the last ten years of her life. Mother of three and in the process of divorce, she wakes up convinced that she's a pregnant bride. Her life, so different, doesn't suit her: her diary overflows on all sides, and she finds no pleasure in the activities that have become her daily routine.
«Carnaval noir» or the eternal return of evil
Literature

«Black Carnival» or the Eternal Return of Evil

By Jonas Follonier · August 13, 2019
Metin Arditi's latest novel, Carnaval noir, was released in August 2018 by Editions Grasset. Telling a suspenseful tale of the eternal return of human folly, it can be read at any time as a warning. And it could well be that our era is not immune to some infernal carnival.