Literature

«Ilaria», a road trip from a child's point of view

By Sandrine Rovere · November 14, 2024

This deeply moving portrait of a young girl abducted by her father is a must-have for the new French-language literary season. It already looks set for success in the French-language awards.

Literature

Peter Stamm, the perfume of words without a silhouette

By Quentin Perissinotto · 08 November 2024

Year after year, Peter continues to delve into the mysteries and connivances between individuals. With «L'heure bleue», the Thurgau novelist takes us behind the scenes of a documentary about a writer.

Literature

«La Fanatique»: a journey to the heart of hatred

By Sandrine Rovere · October 30, 2024

With this hard-hitting novel, Lovlé Tillmanns brilliantly gets inside the head of the «First Lady» of the Third Reich. Fascinating and disturbing.

Literature

Memories for artistic mediums

By Sofia Frosio · October 25, 2024

There's a delicious feeling that comes over you when you encounter a work that combines literature and cinema. This is what «Oslo, de mémoire» allows us to do, through a journey down memory lane that author Didier Blonde is no stranger to.

Literature

«The Night of the Gütsch», unpublished novel (episode 10/10)

By André Durussel · October 18, 2024

Here's the sequel to the new novel by Swiss writer André Durussel, published in Le Regard Libre throughout 2024.

Literature

«The Night of the Gütsch», unpublished novel (episode 10/10)

By André Durussel · September 27, 2024

Here's the sequel to the new novel by Swiss writer André Durussel, published in Le Regard Libre throughout 2024.

Literature

America according to Joseph Incardona

By Sandrine Rovere · September 20, 2024

In his latest novel, the Genevan dismantles with relish all the clichés of America «made in Hollywood». And we'd be wrong to think we'd heard enough about it already.

Literature

With Quentin Mouron, death can't be influenced

By Quentin Perissinotto · September 11, 2024

After venturing into poetry and publishing an essay (devoted to Jean Lorrain), Quentin Mouron has returned to his love affair with novels with «La dernière chambre du Grand Hôtel Abîme». A reunion on the rocks.

Literature

«The Night of the Gütsch», unpublished novel (episode 6/10)

By André Durussel · August 29, 2024

Here's the sequel to Swiss writer André Durussel's new novel, published in Le Regard Libre throughout 2024. During...