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When Jean Echenoz gives us a real literary treat
The story of a broken arm and a bit of a dimwit
Jonathan Coe, heartbroken by England in the 2010s
Somewhere between a novel and a political essay.
Pain is an artist's breeding ground in Yann Moix's ’Orléans«.
Les bouquins du mardi - Loris S. Musumeci «From now on, I'd have to live clandestinely with my parents, an orphan albeit in their company....
Jacques Pilet takes us back to Switzerland a century ago
Le journaliste suisse Jacques Pilet a sorti le mois dernier son deuxième roman aux Editions de l'Aire, Hôtel Belvédère. A sa lecture, nous nous plongeons dans la Suisse de 1914. Au sein d’une Europe en feu, un jeune fils de paysan veveysan, Jules, qui découvre l'amour avec une étudiante russe et décide de partir en Afrique. Un récit prenant, qui nous parle de l'Histoire tragique au moyen d'une histoire sympathique.
Go «In search of Alice Love».»
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
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.
«Ça raconte Sarah»: a Swiss Goncourt choice at the heart of lesbian passion
Le Regard Libre N° 51 - Loris S. Musumeci An overview of some of the major literary prizes, episode #4 «It tells Sarah,...