Poetics of Work by Noemi Lefebvre
rare writing depicting middle class rootlessness not as tragedy
Tag: contemporary french literature
The Years by Annie Ernaux
cracking under lockdown and stunning books
Happening by Annie Ernaux
feeling sad so read a sad book on abortion
Now, Now, Louison by Jean Frémon
an enjoyable but intellectually presumptive novella
Tell Them Of Battles, Kings and Elephants by Mathias Enard
high grade historical fiction and the blogger hits some snags
Street of Thieves by Mathias Enard
another ruddy belter from enard who i love
Compass by Mathias Enard
A beautiful novel for an ugly world.
Blue Self-Portrait by Noémi Lefebvre
Some newly-translated cracking French fiction
Zone by Mathias Enard
pleasure is a lightening bolt that leaves no trace
