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Octave Parango's last night out

Literature

Octave Parango's last night out

written by Ivan Garcia

With «L'Homme qui pleure de rire», the author paints a fresco of the last decade. Unflinchingly critical of what he calls «the dictatorship of laughter», Frédéric Beigbeder has penned a funny, philosophical novel set in an end-of-the-world Paris. One last nocturnal jaunt for Octave Parango.

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Madame Bovary, that's us!

Literature

Madame Bovary, that's us!

By Jonas Follonier · March 24, 2020

Boredom and repetition...

Fatoumata Kebe turns the moon into a novel

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Fatoumata Kebe turns the moon into a novel

By Lauriane Pipoz · March 17, 2020

A star as well-known as it is little-known.

«Emma's century», a story of men and women

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«Emma's century», a story of men and women

By Le Regard Libre · March 10, 2020

L'histoire suisse est rock'n'roll.

Nobel Prize in Literature 2019: the journey of controversy

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Nobel Prize in Literature 2019: the journey of controversy

By Ivan Garcia · 06 March 2020

Nobel 2019 et controverses par Ivan Garcia.

«Temptation» to become a tragic and social western

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«Temptation» to become a tragic and social western

By Loris S. Musumeci · March 03, 2020

A bloody family tragedy

Alain Mabanckou: «I believe in the literary universe, which always reminds us of where we come from».»

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Alain Mabanckou: «I believe in the literary universe, which always reminds us of where we come from».»

By Loris S. Musumeci · February 28, 2020

Rencontre avec l'auteur à succ

Journey to the end of the dark night by Pierre Soulages

Literature

Journey to the end of the dark night by Pierre Soulages

By Arthur Billerey · February 25, 2020

A distracted meditation on Soulages painting

When Jean Echenoz gives us a real literary treat

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When Jean Echenoz gives us a real literary treat

By Ivan Garcia · February 18, 2020

L'histoire d'un bras cassé un peu nigaud

Jonathan Coe, heartbroken by England in the 2010s

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Jonathan Coe, heartbroken by England in the 2010s

By Lauriane Pipoz · February 11, 2020

Somewhere between a novel and a political essay.