Life Form – by Amelie Nothomb

In just 125 pages, Nothomb addressed many different social issues in this partly autobiographical, partly epistolary novel: the gorging of … More

The Life before Us – by Romain Gary

The Life before Us (La Vie devant soi) portrays a heartbreaking parental love story between a sensitive and prematurely wise … More

Marie Ndiaye’s writing is very well crafted and polished. Her long sentences, though not as long as Saramago’s, convey complex … More

Modiano never disappoints. In just under 200 pages, his sparse, dreamy and elegiac prose lured us into a suspenseful atmosphere … More

“I am nothing. Nothing but a pale shape, silhouetted that evening against the cafe terrace, waiting for the rain to … More

“I often think of the image I can see now, and of which I’ve never spoken. It’s always there, in … More

This novel surprisingly has the same structure as The Ten Loves of Nishino by Hiromi Kawakami. In the Cafe of … More

No et moi is a novel by the French novelist Delphine de Vigan and was first published in French in … More

Considering Francoise Sagan wrote this novella when she was 18 years old, she was such a talent. The book is … More