Literature
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The art of literary victimization
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Sexuality and gender in Sappho: a new erotic poem
«How not to be taken now with vertigo, obstinately,O Cypris, mistress, whoever you love, How not to...
Reading «1984» or reaching orgasm, already an act of rebellion
A new, much more rhythmic translation.
In search of «Vladivostok Circus» and Elisa Shua Dusapin
After the best-selling Winter in Sokcho (2016) and The Pachinko Balls (2018), Elisa Shua Dusapin gave birth to a third novel last August: Vladivostok Circus (2020), which tells the story of Nathalie, a costume designer who travels to a circus in Vladivostok, Russia, on assignment. She has to create outfits for a trio of artists practicing the Russian barre. But between language barriers, shyness and downright discomfort, Nathalie struggles to carve out a place for herself in the group. A group that would represent society, in all its complex human relationships? Meet the author to find out more about her novel and herself.
«Le fumoir», a nightmarish journey into the heart of the asylum
Les bouquins du mardi - Ivan Garcia A (forced) internment in a psychiatric ward brings a young man face to face with...
Mikhail Bulgakov: the man and the artist
At a time when debates are raging over the existence of a distinction between man and artist, an interest in Mikhail Bulgakov's «Theatrical Novel», published in 1937, does not seem out of season. In this work, the author recounts, almost autobiographically, with sarcasm and feigned naiveté, the epic process of writing, publishing and adapting his first novel into a play.
«Like an empire within an empire», a tale of forgotten realities, against the times
A hopeless pamphlet and a sharp pencil.
«Camus's »L'Etranger": what if Meursault's trial was the wrong one?
How twisted is that thinking? I'll give you that.
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