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Following on from Birth of a Bridge and The Heart, Maylis de Kerangal has written Painting Time – set to be published in […]
- By Sophie Joubert
- | 13 April 2021
Author: Sophie Joubert
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Born in Morocco in 1973, Abdellah Taïa is the author of several novels written in French, including A Country for Dying, recently translated and […]
- By Sophie Joubert
- | 12 April 2021
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The Bureau du Livre (Book Office) is part of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, and works to promote […]
- By Sophie Joubert
- | 18 February 2021
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Halfway between a thriller and a family tragedy, A Beast in Paradise follows the lives of two strong women, a grand-mother and her granddaughter, […]
- By Sophie Joubert
- | 3 February 2021
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A moving visit to Ellis Island in 2012 inspired French poet Gaëlle Josse to write a novel, The Last Days of Ellis Island. Recently […]
- By Sophie Joubert
- | 14 January 2021
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Hervé Guibert was born in 1955 and died of AIDS at the age of 36, having previously attempted to take his own life. He […]
- By Sophie Joubert
- | 9 November 2020
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After winning the 2017 Prix Goncourt for The Order of the Day, Eric Vuillard published The War of the Poor in France last year, […]
- By Sophie Joubert
- | 5 November 2020
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An insolent, resilient prostitute has her life turned upside down when she meets a young director. Published in France in 2018 and in the […]
- By Sophie Joubert
- | 17 September 2020
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Philippe Djian worked as a freelance journalist for the tabloid press and as a warehouse clerk for Gallimard. He interviewed Lucette Destouches, the widow […]
- By Sophie Joubert
- | 10 September 2020
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In her third novel, Our Riches, Kaouther Adimi retraces the history of a renowned bookstore in Algiers whose regulars included Albert Camus and many […]
- By Sophie Joubert
- | 1 August 2020
