To break through taboos can require a certain prowess. This prowess Neige Sinno has demonstrated twice. Once, when aged 19, she filed a lawsuit against her step father who raped her repeatedly from her 7th until her 15 birthday. Then again, when she published Triste Tigre -- which is clearly the book phenomenon of this literary fall.

"How do you conjure up a man whose memories and anecdotes - and aren't memories anecdotes? - would have upset him or made him angry?" asks Denis Podalydès in L'Ami de la famille, Souvenirs de Pierre Bourdieu, a formative account that is as moving as it is humble.

Since January 2023, Lola Lafon has written a monthly column for the newspaper Libération. These columns, enriched by more intimate texts in which the 'we' gives way to the 'I', form the core of this bookm, and put recent events and our way of dealing with them into perspective.

With a gentle melancholy, Florence Seyvos recreates the atmosphere of the 80s with the character of a man as flamboyant as he is eccentric, straight out of a Philippe de Broca film. This story of two teenage girls who discover the extreme vulnerability of adults has the colors of old Polaroids, both tender and heartbreaking.

Forest writes beautifully about the power of art, its magic, its ability to revive hope despite everything. Perhaps that's why "Et Personne ne sait" offers so much solace.

This is a spare and gorgeous meditation on Gaudy’s father, on family and memory, and on the landscapes that are intertwined with our identities.

No other writer embraces the absurdity and inner chaos as AM Homes does, with a sense of humor that borders on mischief and an ability to face our darkest and most terrifying truths.

One of Alice Kaplan's merits is her ability to capture the historical context of the period. The author of Looking for The Stranger: Albert Camus and the Life of a Literary perfectly depicts artistic life in Paris in the immediate post-war period, with the first uprisings in Algeria and their political repercussions in France. “For my part, thanks to Baya's story, I'll…

In short, this dictionary invites you on a voyage of discovery for novice and seasoned readers alike. With the gift-giving season just around the corner, we're sure that this Dictionnaire amoureux de la littérature américaine will be a hit under the tree.