Paul Auster's novel Baumgarten, published just a few months before the death of the renowned American writer, serves as the culmination of his long literary career, rich in bestsellers – let us mention New York Trilogy, and Moon Palace – which have permanently established him among the greatest authors of world literature in the past forty years. The novel's multi-layered narrative space is built around the premature death of the protagonist's wife, Anna. Baumgarten compares this tragic even...
"Houris" by Kamel Daoud: Finally, a Worthy Goncourt Prize
After several disappointing years, the Goncourt Prize finally honors a novel that truly deserves the recognition. The jury has given us a real gift by shining a light on a major author of our generation, still too little known to the general public. With Houris, Kamel Daoud delivers an engaged novel, teeming with symbols and hidden meanings, a work that can be read on multiple levels. Admittedly, the first pages are written in a style that is a bit too baroque for my taste, but very quickly, ...
