Mount Sinai: The Bible
When I arrived at the summit of Mount Sinai last May, I felt as if I were honoring an appointment missed over thirty years ago. In 1992, we had planned Continue Reading →
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Author Archives: Damien
Val d’Hérens, Valais, Switzerland: “Terror on the Mountain » and « Farinet ou la Fausse Monnaie » by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz and « Lost in the Alps » by Cosey.
Dare I confess to you one of my adolescent dreams? Her name is Evolena and, in Cosey’s comic strip “Lost in the Alps (A la recherche de Peter Pan)”, she’s Continue Reading →
Tokyo: « Norwegian Wood » and « Drive My Car » by Haruki Murakami and « Breast and Eggs » by Mieko Kawakami
After more than ten years, I finally returned to Japan and was able to stay a little longer than on my first visit. I was there again for a conference Continue Reading →
Fjällbacka (Sweden): The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg
It had been a long, sun-drenched day. Night was now falling slowly over a countryside of undulating green fields dotted with a few red barns. A pair of deer popped Continue Reading →
Theater: Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo at Villers-la-Ville Abbey (Belgium)
Over the years, this has become a ritual during our summer trips back to Belgium. Often with the whole family, we go to see the play performed outdoors in the Continue Reading →
India: Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie and The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
My last visit to India was a treat. The December weather in Delhi was very pleasant, sometimes even cool in the morning or evening. Luckily, there was little pollution that Continue Reading →
Charlottesville, Virginia: “My Monticello” par Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. So Continue Reading →
Norway: « My Struggle » by Karl Ove Knausgård
What is Norway’s secret? Its population is just over 5 million. Yet the country and its people seem to shine on all fronts. During our recent trip, I admired the Continue Reading →
Theater: “La Chute (The Fall)” by Albert Camus at the Théâtre de la Contrescarpe in Paris
From the “Contrescarpe”, I only knew this name which resonates well in a refrain of the song “La Langue de chez Nous (The Language from our Home)” by French Singer Continue Reading →
Panama: « Coming Together, Fall Apart » by Cristina Henriquez and « The Tailor of Panama » by John Le Carré.
I’ve already spent three full days in Panama, without ever sleeping there. Not that I partied all night. Rather, I enjoyed three long layovers when I flew with the national Continue Reading →