French auto-fiction: une histoire d’amour?
Stephanie analyses the intrigue behind the latest reading craze to hit France. Auto-fiction: a cross between a fiction novel and an autobiography.
Stephanie analyses the intrigue behind the latest reading craze to hit France. Auto-fiction: a cross between a fiction novel and an autobiography.
The Parisettes interview Heather Stimmler-Hall, the author of 'Naughty Paris: A Lady’s Guide to the Sexy City' and discover what makes Paris thrilling.
At its birth, the essay was far from the strictly academic form now synonymous with the word. En fait, it has its roots in the Renaissance writings of a rather eccentric French courtier.
Nelly Arcan led a tragically short life. Her books offer an insight to her mind and life, and what was going on beneath her lovely countenance...
Jean-Philippe Toussaint is an incredible French writer. Find out about his passion, and what all the fuss around his book - 'Faire l'amour' - is all about.
Annie Ernaux’s ‘Positions’ (‘La Place’, Gallimard, 1983) is the perfect antidote to all those heavily marketed ‘beach reads’ and flashy summer blockbusters vying for your attention in airport bookshops.
Pascal Inard is a French novelist and Australian blogger, and has published in both English and French. ‘Web of Destinies’ is his third book.
70 years after his death, the author of 'The Little Prince' is immortalised in a beautiful new book.
It’s a double-whammy this month. Thrill-seekers, plump for ‘The Greenland Breach’, and detective-story-turned-psychological drama ‘Under the Channel’ makes for an unnervingly noirish read.
In a new book, historian Mary Louise Roberts tells the story of the D-Day landings from a fresh perspective. My French Life® spoke to her about the journey.