“Sepher”, the scroll, the book in Hebrew… and therefore the Bible, the Torah, THE absolute, unsurpassable, timeless book. Three billion people hold it as a sacred text. It is the most widely read book in history. It is also the most...
Could a lasting relationship be the greatest adventure of modern times? Alice and Jules have lived together for sixty years. In a literary tour de force, Eliette Abécassis traces the course of their love affair, step by step, to reveal its...
What about love, in the age of “sex friends”, social networks and the great market of feelings that develops according to algorithms, as sociologist Eva Illouz shows in her book, La fin de l’amour (The End of Love). All around...
It’s unusual to have a father who’s a Talmudist, a philosopher, a master of tradition and transmission. I’m lucky enough to have him as both father and teacher, because my father is my teacher. As a child, I’d watch him...
This novel of thwarted love is also the novel of an era. Amélie and Vincent meet as young men at the Sorbonne in the late 80s. Each felt love at first sight, but didn’t dare admit it to the other: neither felt “up to it”...
« À la terrasse des cafés, seuls ou avec des amis, ils sont sur le qui-vive. À l’affût d’une nouvelle, dans une attente fébrile, constante, ils ont toujours leur téléphone à portée de main. Le soir, ils ne s’endorment pas sans l’avoir...
«This diary is mine, that of a woman, a mother and a philosopher who asks herself questions. How can we live in a world where everything can be bought and sold at the click of a button? A world whose sole purpose is to manufacture needs? A world...
The shadow of the golem Prague, 1552, Jews are persecuted. A rabbi creates a clay being to protect his community. But the powers that be are worried, and kidnap Zelmira to use her as a bargaining chip for the Golem, this fantastic being.
I don’t want to sleep! Every night it’s the same story, Astalik doesn’t want to sleep… Hunger, thirst, fear of the dark, fear of being alone, any excuse is good enough for Astalik, our adorable little tyrant, to get out of...
I don’t want to go to school! Astalik doesn’t want to go to school, the real reason being that she has no friends… her looks, her shoes, her character, she’s been left out. Ready to do anything to attract the attention of...
You’re not my mum any more! Every morning, it’s the same story: Astalik doesn’t want to do things the way everyone else does… Getting up, getting dressed, doing her hair, taking a bath, eating – it all becomes a...
Astalik goes shopping Astalik finds herself in the temple of consumerism, the hypermarket. She wants to take everything…but her parents don’t think so.
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