French scandals: Valérie Trierweiler tells all – but should she have?
Should Valérie Trierweiler have told us everything there was to know?
Should Valérie Trierweiler have told us everything there was to know?
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...
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.
Nothomb is a slippery writer; an acquired taste – and perhaps one of the most interesting writers you ever read. As one of Francophonie’s most high profile authors, I’ve always wanted her to make an appearance in this column.
I went searching for simple French books, in Melbourne. Hidden beneath one of the city’s eclectic laneways is a wonderful shop – The Foreign Language Bookshop.