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Polar document. The Bordeaux publishing house Hervé Chopin publishes “Le Meurtre de la rue Blanche” (320 p., €19.50) signed by Paul Colize, an author to discover. This subtle, human and humorous Belgian thriller features a fantastic duo of investigators formed by an investigating judge from Brussels and her clerk. Read more.
Ivan Put
The Belgian Paul Colize, 71, has written around twenty thrillers.
Dark novel. Élie Robert-Nicoud told the stories wonderfully well, in his Books or in his column for “Sud Ouest Dimanche”. “L'Argent de mes amis”, published by Rivages posthumously a little over a year after his premature death at the age of 60, is a story of poverty, of greed after the death of a man found with a big stash. A summary of black humor that the novelist based in Dordogne knew how to handle so well. Read more.
Shores
Correspondence. “Letters to José” (ed. Non lieu, 208 p., €16) is an unprecedented and surprising love correspondent of “rawness” between the poet and journalist Louis Émié, then aged 56, and his young 23-year-old lover , in the 1950s. The opportunity to rediscover or discover the too-forgotten talent of this Bordeaux author. Read more.
At the bottom of the oceans. An adventurous seabed naturalist with a fascinating history, the American William Beebe (1877-1962) remains little translated, even though he undeniably left his mark on underwater research. Brad Fox restores the shine to his work and his explorations in “The Book of the Bathysphere” (ed. du Sous-Sol, 320 p., €28.50). Read more.
History. From the abundant material accumulated for his documentary series “Le Temps des paysans”, broadcast on Arte in 2023, Stan Neumann explores fifteen centuries of history in a book with the same title (ed. Seuil, 352 p., €25). history and struggles of the European peasantry, from the Roman Empire to the present day. Fights that still resonate in the news. Read more.
Threshold
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