Section: Literature
A retrospective of a «picnic by the roadside».»

A retrospective of a «picnic by the roadside».»

ARTICLE LONG FORMAT, Guillaume Moix | Very few works have succeeded in crossing the Iron Curtain. Soviet science fiction writers Arkadi and Boris Strougatski succeeded, mainly thanks to their novel Picnic by the Roadside. A look back at a science-fiction classic and the mark it has left on culture.
«Ramuz has something to say about our time and our condition».»

«Ramuz has something to say about our time and our condition».»

LONG FORM INTERVIEW, Ivan Garcia | In a previous issue, publisher Michel Moret answered my questions about his re-edition of the works of Charles Ferdinand Ramuz. A fruitful encounter that gave rise to further questions. Intrigued by Ramuz and his importance within our country's literature, I wanted to shed further light on this figure by calling on a specialist in his work. Stéphane Pétermann is head of research at the Centre des littératures en Suisse romande and, with Daniel Maggetti, co-editor of the «Petite bibliothèque ramuzienne» collection published by Editions Zoé. He is the author of two academic works on Ramuz: C. F. Ramuz, sentir vivre et battre le mot (PPUR, 2018) and Ramuz, l'écriture comme absolu (Infolio, 2020). Following the reissue of Adam et Eve in the collection he co-directs, Stéphane Pétermann shares his thoughts on his reissue venture, as well as on the «myth» that is Ramuz for French-speaking Switzerland.