“The Mage of the Kremlin”, in the shadows of Russian power
The Mage of the Kremlinby Giuliano da EmpoliGallimard, 288 pages, €20The essayist Giuliano da Empoli frequented the corridors of power....
Books and Ideas
Proust’s Judaism
Proust on the Jewish sideby Antoine CompagnonGallimard, 432 p. ill., 32 €“There is no longer anyone, not even me, since...
“Seyvoz”: a novel at the frontiers of reality
Seyvozby Maylis de Kerangal and Joy SormanUneducated, 108 p., €12.90A novel written with the four hands of Maylis de Kerangal...
The Angoulême Festival rewards three comic strips on the Resistance
After a blank year, the Comic Strip Festival, postponed to March because of the Covid, found beautiful colors, during its...
The Gospel, a compass to weather the storms
You who seek happiness. The Gospel, a resource to get through crisesby Xavier de VerchereSalvator, 166 pages, €17An antidote collection...
“The Eternal Challenge”, by Lucien Jaume: State and religions in the light of history
The Eternal challenge. The State and religions in France from its origins to the present dayby Lucien JaumeTallandier, 446 pages,...
Céline and Thérèse of Lisieux, two inseparable sisters
Autobiography of the sister and novice of Little Thérèse, the story of a brand torn from the fireby Celine MartinEd....
“Journey to the End of Childhood” by Rachid Benzine: a young life in darkness
Journey through childhoodby Rachid BenzineThreshold, 80 p., €13Whether literary, theatrical, cinematographic or televisual, fiction has already taken up the burning...
Primo Levi and Edith Bruck, no longer being and yet becoming
French toastby Edith BruckTranslated from Italian by René de CeccattyEditions du Sous-Sol, 170 p., €16.50Auschwitz, quiet townby Primo LeviTranslated from...
“The Days After” by Caroline Sers: When Humanity Makes Common Cause
The next daysby Caroline SersCalmann-Lévy, 224 pages, €18.50This novel is not a thriller but its dynamics, its atmosphere and its...
