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A simple dictation exercise for schoolchildren was central to the construction of the French nation

“Captivating . . . [HHhH] has a vitality very different from that of most historical fiction.” —James Wood, The New YorkerThe basis for the major motio...

Gary Hilgers, a nephew of former Douglas County Commissioner Bev Bales, started capturing his relative's stories on video almost 10 years ago. "I do it more for them and my family members than for me," he said.

Gary Hilgers, a nephew of former Douglas County Commissioner Bev Bales, started capturing his relative's stories on video almost 10 years ago. "I do it more for them and my family members than for me," he said.

1.Near the beginning of Simon Leys’ marvelous collection of essays is an odd polemic between the author and the late Christopher Hitchens, fought out in these very pages. Leys takes Hitchens to task for attacking Mother Teresa in a book entitled The Missionary Position. He writes: “Bashing an elderly nun under an obscene label does not seem to be a particularly brave or

Author Jean-Paul Dubois, 69, has won France's highest literary honour, the Prix Goncourt, for his book, "Tous les hommes n'habitent pas le monde de la même façon" (Not all men inhabit the world in th…

Vanessa Springora’s memoir, Consent, electrified the French literary world. American readers will find it exhilarating.

Last modified on Mon 8 Mar 2021 06.31 EST Paris, March 1990. A writer called Gabriel Matzneff is a guest on Bernard Pivot’s influential literary TV chat show Apostrophes to discuss his recently published memoir, about his sexual conquests of very young women. “It seems that women over the age of 20 no longer interest you,” comments Pivot. Matzneff agrees; older women have known “disillusionment”, and he prefers to sleep with “those who are not yet hardened, who ar...