SELFIES | BOOK REVIEW
SELFIES Sylvie Weil, trans. Ros Schwartz (Les Fugitives) Originally published in French in 2015, Sylvie Weil’s much acclaimed collection of art-inspired personal essays, Selfies, has finally been translated into English, …
SELFIES Sylvie Weil, trans. Ros Schwartz (Les Fugitives) Originally published in French in 2015, Sylvie Weil’s much acclaimed collection of art-inspired personal essays, Selfies, has finally been translated into English, …
THE TORTURE GARDEN Octave Mirbeau, trans. Michael Richardson (Dedalus) Originally published in 1899, writer and political activist Octave Mirbeau’s avant-garde classic is both a savage takedown of the bourgeoisie and …
TOPETTE Pontardawe Arts Centre. Tue 30 Apr Anyone interested in European folk music needs to check out Topette, an Anglo-French acoustic five-piece who will be visiting Pontardawe as part of …
A STRANGER IN PARIS Karen Webb (Impress Books) A Stranger In Paris is the first in Karen Webb’s three-part memoir, A French Life. The novel is a lovely hybrid between memoir …
Amanda Hunt speaks with legendary French composer and electronic music revolutionary Jean-Michel Jarre about his creative process and being a pioneering musician. How would you describe electronica and what does …
Jean-Phillippe Toussaint (Fitzcarraldo Editions) Belgian writer Toussaint begins with a self-effacing disclaimer: that this compendium of intellectually-minded essays about football will be a turnoff to both intellectuals and football buffs. …