What is there to read this week? Here are our journalists’ suggestions.
Published at 12:00 p.m.
She watches over them: a Goncourt with a certain charm
“This unexpected Goncourt, chosen in the 14th round, perhaps surprised many who expected that the novel by Éric Reinhardt or that by Gaspard Koenig would win the prize. But when we read it we discover an undeniable charm. It is a novel of classic beauty and timeless style that we will no doubt read with the same joy in 10 or 20 years. “A writing whose poetic musicality is reminiscent of that of Éric Chacour in Ce que je sais de toi,” writes our journalist Laila Maalouf.
The Heir: Touching Story of a Son of Immigrants
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The Heritage
“How do you define your identity when navigating between two cultures and two worlds? Through the voice of his character, Michael Gouveia, a young author born in Montreal to Portuguese parents, candidly recounts the identity conflict of a son of immigrants,” writes our journalist Laila Maalouf.
The Alchemies: A novel as dark as a Goya painting
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The Alchemies
“This dark and daring novel is a foray into the tragic excesses and experiments of young medical students, even into the darkness of the catacombs where a secret society of doctors is formed, and explores the destructive impulses that lie behind the great genius and the demon of Hide knowledge,” writes our journalist Laila Maalouf.
Just arrived at the bookseller
Among all the books that have recently arrived in bookstores, here are a few that caught our attention.