Michel Houellebecq, a pen that resonates with the contemporary reality of Islamophobia

Written by Amara Bamba | Monday, January 16, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. © CC BY-SA 2.0 / Borders of Pensamento When his mother became a Muslim, Michel Houellebecq did not take her seriously, he did not see the spiritual journey of a French woman from Algeria. He speaks to The Express like the whim of … Read more

Michel Houellebecq, a pen that resonates with the contemporary reality of Islamophobia

Written by Amara Bamba | Monday, January 16, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. © CC BY-SA 2.0 / Borders of Pensamento When his mother became a Muslim, Michel Houellebecq did not take her seriously, he did not see the spiritual journey of a French woman from Algeria. He speaks to The Express like the whim of … Read more

La Pléiade: Charlotte Brontë, a romantic and critical pen

Shirley and Villette by Charlotte Bronte Translated from English by Dominique Jean, La Pléiade, 1,350 p., €65 Can we still imagine today the phenomenal success that Jane Eyre, published in 1847 by Charlotte Brontë? With this novel of passion and reason, the young woman, then hidden under the “asexual” pseudonym of Currer Bell, finally began … Read more

Alaa El Aswany: “Salman Rushdie has proven that the pen beats the knife”

“I am an atheist… The causes that led me to it are numerous: scientific, philosophical, or personal, but I assure you that atheism gives me a spiritual peace as total as that of faith in the minds of believers. . » This was not written by a Westerner, but in an article published in 1937 … Read more