Literature

«Un monde en toc»: a Michel-Dentan prize in five malls around the world

By Loris S. Musumeci · 29 June 2019

Trying to understand the malls and the world

Literature

Let's talk literature today with Thomas Hunkeler

By Loris S. Musumeci · 28 June 2019

The status of teacher is just one title among many. A true teacher is one who transmits not only a subject, but also a passion. Such is the case of Thomas Hunkeler, Professor of French Literature at the University of Fribourg.

Literature

A plot orchestrated by Jérémy Ergas

By Lauriane Pipoz · 25 June 2019

Tuesday Books - Lauriane Pipoz The Swiss author’s fluid writing style draws the reader into the story of a...

Literature

The best thing to do is to read Antoine Vuille

By Jonas Follonier · 18 June 2019

Jonas Follonier - Les bouquins du mardi The need to get out of our inner calendars to open up to others and to the...

Literature

«The Banker's Wife», an excellent thriller

By Lauriane Pipoz · June 11, 2019

Tuesday's Books - Lauriane Pipoz Marina Tourneau is a journalist. While on vacation in France with her fiancé, she struggles...

Literature

A look inside the Cercle littéraire de Lausanne with its president

By Ivan Garcia · 06 June 2019

«The Treasures of the Lausanne Literary Circle: Two Centuries of Heritage Collections, 1819–2019» has been published by Editions Slatkine.

Literature

«An Italian story», between insouciance and disenchantment

By Amélie Wauthier · 04 June 2019

Les bouquins du mardi - Amélie Wauthier Attalo is just six years old when his father is blown up on...

Literature

«Gabriel Tallent's »My Absolute Darling" is an exceptional novel.

By Loris S. Musumeci · May 28, 2019

Les bouquins du mardi - Loris S. Musumeci Adventure, the real thing! It's safe to say that...

Literature

«Pop-Corn Girl» or the American spirit

By Ivan Garcia · May 21, 2019

«A »microroman" with a full-bodied flavor of teen movies and Voltairean irony, Pop-corn girl is a pleasant, funny read about the (mis)adventures of a young Genevan exchange student in a Chicago suburb. A mocking ode that appeals to our adolescent fantasies, revisited through a slightly cynical adult prism. And with a hammer blow, it shatters our illusions as well as those of the protagonist, which turns out to be very sympathetic.