Books I love as I travel
Recently Brussels was cowardly attacked by terrorists. This is the city where I was born and grew up. I propose a brief and personal tribute to this very attractive city that Continue Reading →
Muriel is planning a trip to Saint-Petersburg and she is asking for some reading suggestions. Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” is one of Russian and world’s literature’s masterpieces. It is Continue Reading →
I recently went twice to Armenia and I got interested by this fascinating country’s history. In addition, last year was the centenary of the genocide perpetrated against the Armenian people in Continue Reading →
I am starting with a new overview of a few novels about Syria, a country currently at the heart of news, often for dramatic reasons. Xavier suggested this search. In Continue Reading →
Before leaving for a trip to Iran, Quentin asked for some books or movie suggestions. I was for 2-3 weeks in Iran in 1993, during a long trip through Asia. Continue Reading →
My brother Harold went to Rwanda with a group of friends. I suggested them a few books and movies. Nowadays, it is difficult to discuss Rwanda without the 1994 Genocide Continue Reading →
Akiko asked for some suggestions to prepare a trip to Venice. The book I read during my last visit to Venice was « Death in Venice (Der Tod in Venedig) » by Continue Reading →
Patricia asked for some reading suggestions about Tanzania. Ernest Hemingway has two famous short stories and one autobiographical story which take place in Tanzania, at the time of the great Continue Reading →
My in-laws just came back from a trip to Naples and the surrounding region. Here are some suggestions I put together for them. Several chapters of the book “Bourlinguer” (translated Continue Reading →
Muriel asked for some suggestions for her next trip to Cambodia and Laos. Unfortunately, I have never been in Laos, so I cannot help her for this country. If you Continue Reading →