Dear All,

We are pleased to introduce a selection of books for the holidays to you…

Let’s begin with How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read by Pierre Bayard, published by Bloomsbury, which is a wonderful guide on how to read and converse about books.

The Complete Fables by Jean de La Fontaine, published by University of Illinois Press. The extraordinary world of a storyteller strongly committed to ethics, Jean de La Fontaine, completely translated by Norman R. Shapiro.

Charlestown Blues: Selected Poems, a Bilingual Edition by Guy Goffette, published by The Chicago University Press. A selection of lyrical poems around the word “blue:” color, emotion and musical style.

The Discovery of France by Graham Robb, published by Bloomsbury.
A book which explores the unknown France, such as its ancient tribal divisions and prehistoric communication networks.

Life Laid Bare: The Survivors in Rwanda Speak by Jean Hatzfeld, published by Other Press. The author breaks the silence and interviews survivors of the Rwandan genocide. A moving book by the 2007 recipient of the Medicis French Literary Prize.

The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality by André Comte-Sponville, published by Viking. A philosophical exploration of atheism, to rethink one’s relationship to spirituality.

Kitchen Mysteries by Hervé This, published by Columbia University Press.
A great eye-opener about cooking in everyday life to make difficult recipes easier.

Letters, Numbers, Forms: Essays, 1928-70 by Raymond Queneau, published by University of Illinois Press. Essays from one of the twentieth century’s most intriguing and humorous avant-garde writers.

Tomboy by Nina Bouraoui, published by Nebraska. A young French Algerian girl tries to find her balance between nations, races and identities.

Enjoy your readings!

Season’s greetings

Fabrice Gabriel, Anne-Sophie Hermil, Anne-Sophie Simenel, Anne-Sophie Rosell, Laura Brimo-Evin.

A special thanks to Amaury Laporte.