Two pieces « There she was, almost naked, in front of the pool at Molitor. Exposed for all to see, in this great? Paquebot? With its terracotta-colored facades and 1930s architecture ». At a fashion show in 1946, France discovered couturier Louis...
Philotherapy Tired of her failed love affairs, Juliette decides to undergo philotherapy. She signs up for a strange teacher’s online philosophy course.
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.
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.
« Wife? Wife? No. You are Agouna. Chained, anchored, stuck.»
A happy event “From then on, my life no longer belonged to me, I was nothing but a hollow, an emptiness, a nothingness. I was now a mother.” Violent, heartfelt and immodest, Eliette Abécassis’s new novel shatters the taboos...
Can you escape your destiny? The one chosen for you? asks Esther Vital. A Moroccan Jew born in Strasbourg, crushed by the weight of tradition and family, but also torn by nostalgia for abandoned paradises – Spain from Cordoba to Toledo...
Alyah A few years ago, I used to go out into the street with a Star of David around my neck. I was proud to be called Esther Vidal, and I never lowered my voice to say my name. We weren’t in danger in the city. Nor were we mugged leaving...
Dr. Freud’s secret Vienna, March 1938. Sigmund Freud has called an extraordinary session of the Psychoanalytic Society. Students and disciples gathered around the master, who was speaking to them, perhaps for the last time. There was...
Archimedes’ Palimpsest “What if the secret of the world lay in a code within our reach?”
And now you are allowed to every man « Wife? Wife? No. You are Agouna. Chained, anchored, stuck. »
A marital affair « To do things right, you’d have to start by getting divorced. »
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