Updated September 4, 2026Updated September 4
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En attendant Nadeau reviews Neuromaniac, by Finland's Jaakko Yli-Juonikas, part of this year's rentrée littéraire, praising its narrative games as a singular reading experience.
In an extract published by Bibliobs, Sébastien Bonifay describes visiting the crime novelist at home as part of a book chronicling his travels to eight American writers he admires.
In «Trois Garçons», the Swiss writer folds his own life into a panorama of postwar Switzerland's social struggles, according to Le Temps.
The publisher, guest of honour at the Livre sur les quais festival in Morges this weekend, was founded in 1986 by Vera Hoffmann and Jan Michalski to introduce French readers to Slavic writers they could not otherwise read.
In an extract published by Bibliobs, Sébastien Bonifay describes visiting the crime novelist at home as part of a book chronicling his travels to eight American writers he admires.
In «Trois Garçons», the Swiss writer folds his own life into a panorama of postwar Switzerland's social struggles, according to Le Temps.
The publisher, guest of honour at the Livre sur les quais festival in Morges this weekend, was founded in 1986 by Vera Hoffmann and Jan Michalski to introduce French readers to Slavic writers they could not otherwise read.
To mark the hundredth anniversary of Michel Foucault's birth, the Bibliothèque nationale de France is devoting an exhibition to the philosopher, and several new publications are appearing alongside it.
The French-Moroccan writer discusses his latest book, Promesses, on the podcast Le Book Club.
Gabino Iglesias's « La maison des os et de la pluie » arrives in French bookshops this week, published by Sonatine as part of the autumn literary season.
In her new book, the former Geneva bookseller and archivist traces a life shaped by reading, from a 1950s Swiss childhood to the trade itself.
Diacritik has published a review of a new book by Yannick Haenel that turns on the isolation of teachers, according to the site's own account.
Diacritik reviews "La Nuit ravagée", the French author's new novel set around an abandoned house amid a housing estate.
In a new book, the philosopher argues against the old idea that property guarantees freedom, proposing instead a break with what he calls 'propriétarisme.'
In "Rouges-Truites," the Jura-based writer moves into the territory of the dark thriller while keeping his familiar landscapes and voice.