Tag: books
New, second-hand, borrowed… Have you changed the way you consume books?
Is the book destined to become a collector’s item like vinyl? With the arrival of digital e-readers in the 2000s, the question of its survival arose. Today, readers are increasingly…
Book about Bavarian Prime Ministers: “There is almost nothing more beautiful” – Bavaria
Markus Söder should present a new book. Will he resist the temptation to talk primarily about himself? The fact that this temptation is great doesn’t just have to do with…
Ugly France, Grosibou, black door and PMU… Welcome in the footsteps of Pagnol
Two small commemorative plaques, an enchanted holiday route which crosses an activity zone. A bar-tabac-PMU and its two plane trees. A piece of rickety house. A cave still intact in…
Riad Sattouf will conclude “Les Cahiers d’Esther” with a final volume in June
A page turns. Or, rather, around sixty. The ninth and final volume of “Esther’s Notebooks” by Riad Sattouf, a comic strip which follows a child and then a teenager since…
After months of uncertainty, Isabelle Saporta fired from her position as CEO of Éditions Fayard
Her appointment in 2022 at the head of Fayard had led to the departure of several authors from the publishing house (Virginie Grimaldi, Jacques Attali…), today it is she who…
“The Knife” by Salman Rushdie: The book on contemporary culture
In the masterful novel “The Knife”, Salman Rushdie writes about the violence he experienced and at the same time about what needs to be defended in Ukraine, in Israel and…
Important books: “With Forbearance” by Sina Haghiri
series Important books How can we improve our interactions? With indulgence, this author believes A good book stays in your memory. And these are exactly the books that she presents…
We read “La quinte geste” brutal and refined by Estelle Tolliac, first winner of the 20 Minutes Novel Prize
Marceline Bodier, bookstagrammer And contributor from the 20 Minutes Books reading group, recommends “La quinte geste” fromEstelle Tolliac whom she interviewed. His new novel was published on April 9, 2024…
Emmanuel Macron will pay a national tribute on April 15 to the Guadeloupean writer
A final farewell to a great writer of literature. Emmanuel Macron will pay a national tribute to the writer Maryse Condé, a voice of French-speaking literature from Guadeloupe, on April…
Used literature: Who is still hoarding books these days?
They sit sadly on street corners in “to give away” boxes – interest in used literature seems to be almost zero in Munich. How could it come to this? source…