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...
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.
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. »
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