Books I love as I travel
There are different ways to combine travelling and reading. One, which I often practice, is to bring on your trip a book about your destination. Another one, less premeditated, is Continue Reading →
Former French President Sarkozy caused an uproar a little bit more than 10 years ago when he thought clever to say in a speech that « The tragedy of Africa is Continue Reading →
A few months ago, I got the opportunity to visit for the first time New Orleans and its surroundings in Louisiana. It is a city filled with history, full of Continue Reading →
We arrived in Berlin on Saturday November 11, 1989. The Wall fell on the night of Thursday the 9th. You will kindly notice that I more accurate in my memories Continue Reading →
I often travel to Oxford for an academic conference and I take this opportunity to visit some of the colleges. Saint Catherine’s, where the conference is organized and where I Continue Reading →
One of my favorite area to wander in Vienna’s center is around the Kirche am Hof. It’s a labyrinth of narrow pedestrian streets leading, sometimes surprisingly, to small shaded places Continue Reading →
About 25 years ago, during my stay in London as an intern in a law firm, the couple who had invited me to stay with them gave me a book Continue Reading →
It was sunset, and a few pirogues were crossing the river. I was sitting on the terrace of a restaurant along the Ubangi river, sipping a beer with a colleague. Continue Reading →
I have just read with a lot of pleasure two books by French novelists which trace back immigration itineraries by families, from their origins in Algeria and Iran respectively, until Continue Reading →
The first time I heard about Jorge Luis Borges, it was many years ago while reading “The Name of the Rose” by Umberto Eco. The Argentinian writer was the inspiration Continue Reading →