Bien connu des amateurs de polars, Don Winslow, l’auteur de Savages, livre cette année une nouvelle trilogie – dont La...
The reason I'm only now coming back to tell you about Livre sur les quais is that I attended the famous...
SPECIAL FEATURE: «SEX, WITHOUT INHIBITIONS» | Starting with the kiss, here we take a closer look at poetry related to the flesh. It could serve three functions. It would prevent memories from fading. It could bear witness to the serious, and, since it is not commercial, it would not be capable of being pornographic.
Payot CEO Pascal Vandenberghe is also president of the new Florides Helvètes association. He explains his mission: to promote Switzerland's literary heritage through the «Poche Suisse» collection, acquired from Editions L'Age d'Homme.
Qu’a-t-il bien pu se passer pour qu’une jeune lycéenne se réveille dans une cabane perdue au beau milieu de la...
FEATURE: «SEX, WITHOUT INHIBITIONS» | Whether it’s a simple theme, a narrative driver, a motif of subversion, a realm for exploration or reappropriation, sexuality has always been present in literature, and has recently experienced a resurgence in popularity with the rise of chick lit, new romance, and dark romance—first on the Wattpad platform and then on bookstore shelves. The French literary scene features young authors such as Simon Johannin, Pauline Delabroy-Allard, and Arthur Dreyfus, who tackle this subject—without embellishment or pretense—to reveal its raw, natural essence. But there is one novelist who stands out with even greater audacity, combining an extremely classical writing style with a raw, sinister, and unvarnished observation of the carnal and human nature. That novelist is Jean-Baptiste Del Amo with *Une éducation libertine*.
Each month, we feature a column by one of the personalities who give us the pleasure of alternating between the two. In his column, writer Quentin Mouron explores a topical issue with his usual sharpness.
*Galel*, Fanny Desarzens’s debut novel, draws us into the wonderful yet perilous daily lives of three mountaineers in the midst of a climb:...
Joseph's situation in the village is as unstable as ever. After his encounter with Pierre in the village pigsty, he is left for dead. Pierre, convinced of having committed a fratricidal crime, flees. It is Simeon who brings back Joseph's apparently lifeless body, even though the day before he had ordered his men to hunt him down like an animal.
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