“For me, the taste for reading is something that comes and goes.” smiles Angela. Invited to share her greatest readings through the house Chanelof which she is an ambassador, the Belgian singer and composer was able to look back on her career through the prism of literature. Classic authors such as Stefan Zweig to graphic novels by Riad Sattoufshe thus reveals a taste influenced by her mother “who reads a lot”, but who has emancipated himself to be nourished by his new friendships. For example, a couple of friends offer the artist new feminist stories, including the works of Lola Lafonand especially its powerful Capsizepublished in 2020 by Actes Sud. Discover below the list of favorite works ofAngelathose that she was able to devour during a tour, like the Ninety-Five Towerwhich ended in the fall of 2023, almost a year ago.
7 books recommended by Angèle
Twenty-four hours in the life of a woman by Stefan Zweig (1927)
The literature of Stefan Zweig resembles lace. The delicacy of her descriptions is inimitable, and even more inimitable, whether it is found in a biography (that, for example, of Marie-Antoinette) or in a short story, like the brilliant one Twenty-four hours in the life of a womanPublished in 1927, this one is particularly gentle in the way it looks at its main character, the wife of an industrialist who has just run away with a young man. Enough to trigger a very intense discussion among the guests of a hotel on the Côte d’Azur.It’s one of the books my mother read to me. I must have been very young, less than ten years old.remembers Angela. I reread it, and I realized that it was very ambitious as a read for a little girl!”
Even today, Twenty-four hours in the life of a woman is undoubtedly one of the most acclaimed writings of Stefan Zweig. No doubt for the fine and precise description of human feelings and impulses that the work offers, which can be read in one go.
Stefan Sweig – Twenty-four hours in the life of a woman
The Arabic of the Future by Riad Sattouf (2014)
Difficult to present The Arabic of the Futureso much has its success flourished in France and even well beyond our borders. A graphic novel spread over six volumes, the saga is an autobiographical dive into the heart of the life (and especially the family) of Riad Sattoufbetween Libya, Syria and France. There, the reader discovers the author’s fascination with his Syrian father, the pugnacity of his Breton mother, and his brothers. A story whose colors are used with a certain sparingly, making the rare appearances of red and green much more striking, all sprinkled with an absurd humor that twists, on several occasions, the most tragic passages.
“I don’t know if the drawing softens the violence or if it allows us to imagine it.specifies Angelabefore continuing. This is one of the first graphic novels I read, as I read few when I was younger.. I am a big fan of Riad Sattouf, but The Arabic of the Future is his work that touches me the most. He manages to make us enter into his life. It can be touching, funny and sad”.
Riad Sattouf – The Arab of the Future, Volume 1
Josephine Baker by José-Louis Bocquet and Catel Muller (2016)
When Angela ends the graphic novel soberly titled Josephine Bakershe questions the lack of representations of the artist in the French-speaking heritage. By a happy coincidence, the end of her reading corresponds to the pantheonization of one of the most famous women in the history of the 20th century. Published in the collection “Les clandestines de l’histoire”, the work Josephine Baker retraces, through drawing, the life of someone who was at once a dancer, singer, revue leader, activist and resistance fighter…An extremely inspiring woman who was able to forge her own path as a black woman in an extremely difficult time.” summary Angelawhose voice betrayed admiration (but did she need to hide it?).
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