In January, when Joachim Schnerf published his novel Cette nuit – about Salomon, a Holocaust survivor, who must celebrate Jewish Passover for the first time without his late wif
What reality lies behind the virtual medium of the Internet, and what would our world be without the ‘www’? Swiss writer Aude Seigne (32) tackles these questions in her novel U
Jukuta Alikavazovic is well known in France for fascinating intrigues and her intense language. Her latest novel Avancée de la nuit /The Night’s Advance is about love, wa
Leïla Slimani, Nathacha Appanah, Atiq Rahimi … they have all come from the Francophone world and are leading writers in France. In their native countries, however, they are not
For a long time, Maryam Madjidi, the Franco-Iranian writer, didn’t know how she should narrate her Persian stories. Last autumn, the 37-year-old author turned them into a novel.
France’s election campaign was in full swing. The Conservatives and French far-right wing parties have done their best to bolster their ideas about national identity. At this a
It could be his films, books or articles – for Karim Miské, everything revolves around one main question: belonging. From a young age, the son (b. 1964) of a Mauritanian diploma
France is this year’s Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Buchmesse. However, the recognition is not only for France, but also the French language including Francophone writers and
France is in crisis – a social, economic and political crisis. The terror attacks have particularly deprived the French of some of their renowned joie de vivre. Occasionally, how
Gaël Faye experienced civil war in Burundi and fled to France. He comes to terms with his experience through music and writing. He made a name for himself with his rap and hip-hop
