Tag: French literature
Podcaster Philippe Collin: “France has not come to terms with its past” – Media
One of the most popular podcasts in the neighboring country is “Face à l’histoire”, which is now devoting a season to the anti-Semitic propagandist Céline. Where does the interest in…
Hugo Lindenberg’s novel "One day it will be empty": Blood for the jellyfish
In the novel “One day it will be empty”, Hugo Lindenberg describes with cutting sharpness the youth of a Jew in France for whom there is no affiliation. source site
Radio play “Astragalus” by Albertine Sarrazin – Media
“It doesn’t matter, I’ll run”, this sentence is something like the life motto of 19-year-old Anne. The young woman is driven by her boundless urge for freedom and self-determination. But…
Michel Houellebecq’s new book: The culture of shame
Of the many sad books written by French writer Michel Houellebecq, his latest slim work is the saddest. In his last, important novel, which was published in spring 2022 under…
Scandal surrounding Bruno Le Maire’s new novel – Kultur
Why Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire’s idea of writing a novel with a sex scene is a boon for democracy. This week in France, while the Internet collapsed on Economy…
French Literature: Do the French Write Better Books?
Annie Ernaux, Michel Houellebecq, Édouard Louis – French writers are adored in Germany, but it’s very quiet the other way around. What can be the reason? source site
Nobel Prize Speech by Annie Ernaux in Stockholm – Culture
Of Alex Ruehle Then the door opens, the door that was only intended for her on this festive evening, bourgeois Stockholm rises and she goes through, into the magnificent hall…
Michel Houellebecq’s new novel “Destroy” – Culture
Michel Houellebecq’s new novel is called “Destroy”, but the title is deceptive: the book is a masterful ode to the family, to France, even to marriage. from Nils Minkmar On…
“120 Days of Sodom” Manuscript Culture
The Marquis de Sade was a favorite subject of the American artist Man Ray. One of his bronze busts shows the writer, philosopher and fanatic with the curly hair of…
What you have to read now: New and rediscovered things about Proust’s year. – Culture
“Admittedly, even before she had decided in favor of virtue, in the age of uncertainty, she had a pronounced predilection for soldiers”: Between love, especially the forbidden, and war, there…