The distinguished British novelist, biographer and long-time lover of Romania meets fellow literary critic, broadcaster and author, Bucharest’s Marius Chivu. Thursday, 22 October
Most readers of Marc Augé’s work will know him primarily, or perhaps only, as an anthropologist. Indeed, he is the author of a dozen academic books, including the seminal Non-Pl
This is a very special collection, consisting of Argentine poet Alejandra Pizarnik’s poems and prose poems written in French during her stay in Paris in the years 1960–1964 and
As My Heart Hemmed In opens, Nadine and Ange realise that they are despised in their community. They are both schoolteachers in the local school but no explanation is offered as to
This new edition of the French classic is a particularly nested text. By which I mean it incorporates several sets of concerns, each one contained inside another. The kernel – th
INSIDE THE VILLAINS by Clotilde Perrin Recommended for confident readers aged 6+ or for the junior school (key stage 2) classroom. In a large, tactile format, this guide to the vil
Jean-Claude Romand: a respectable doctor living in Prévessin near the French-Swiss border and working as a researcher at WHO in Geneva; conscientious member of the local community
Inhuman Resources is the first novel by Pierre Lemaitre I’ve had the chance to review and, reading it, it’s immediately clear why he has won France’s premier award, the Prix
‘The truth of memory is strange, isn’t it? Our memories select, eliminate, exaggerate, minimize, glorify, denigrate. They create their own versions of events and serve up their
Leïla Slimani’s grim subject matter and complex, unlikable characters may not make her any friends among the English-speaking reading public, who seem to prefer relatable charac
