The beautiful book Pink: story of a color by Michel Pastoureau was published on October 4 by Editions du Seuil.
News:
Michel Pastoureau will be signing on October 17 with Pierre Mabille at the Maison Julien Gracq from Mauges-sur-Loire and will present alone, on October 26, his work Pink: story of a color to the Kléber Bookstore from Strasbourg.
Excerpts broadcast:
- The book I remember (1978) by Georges Perec read by several actresses on France culture (2024)
- André Breton stating his definition of surrealism on Radio Canada in 1961 at the microphone of Judith Jasmin
- The song Roses Are Red (My Love) recorded by Bobby Vinton in 1962
- The movie Ivanhoe (1952) directed by Richard Thorpe
- The movie Perceval the Welsh (1978) directed by Éric Rohmer
The Nights of France Culture Listen later
Lecture listen 1h 40min
Guest’s musical choice:
Michel Pastoureau makes us listen to the song I’m not old enough (1964) performed by Gigliola Cinquetti.
Guest discovery:
Michel Pastoureau advises us to go and sit in the Luxembourg Gardens, in Paris, and “observe, think, watch the rain fall, dream. What I have done several times a week since my early childhood…”
Musical programming:
Nail – Obviously
Michael Kiwanuka – The Rest of Me
