Photojournalist and many other things in -ist.
I read a lot of SFF, obscure LGBT, travel, photography theory and women authors, in French and English.
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Une stupéfiante enquête sur un groupuscule maoïste, son fonctionnement et l'emprise de son leader charismatique. On voit comment l'emprise fonctionne, et la plongée idéologique, la radicalité qui en ont découlé. Vraiment fascinant.
From the internationally acclaimed Inuit throat singer who has dazzled and enthralled the world with music it had never heard …
From the internationally acclaimed Inuit throat singer who has dazzled and enthralled the world with music it had never heard …
In Valeria Luiselli’s fiercely imaginative follow-up to the American Book Award-winning Tell Me How It …
A gorgeous book, I hadn't annotated a book so much in a while. It's thoughtful, imaginative and highly political.
In Valeria Luiselli’s fiercely imaginative follow-up to the American Book Award-winning Tell Me How It Ends, an artist couple set …
When you’re a geriatric armed with nothing but gumption and knitting needles, stopping a sorcerer …
I loved the idea of playing with the trope of "the chosen one" and putting an elderly woman instead. But the execution wasn't as good as the pitch: the main idea and character felt under-exploited (a teenager takes over mostly), and I could see no real evolution in her. Some characters weren't very useful and some lacked depth, being just a bit more than a name, while becoming important in the end. The writing was good enough, but there's only so many "fidgeting with the hem of their t-shirt" or "hugged herself" or "her hip hurt badly" that I can take. All in all, some nice and fun ideas, but maybe it could have gone really into parodying the genre, or on the contrary, be more serious about it all, avoiding cliches, repetitions etc.
When you’re a geriatric armed with nothing but gumption and knitting needles, stopping a sorcerer from wiping out an entire …
Emotionally scarred after witnessing the bloody climax of the Beslan school siege in Russia's North …
I'm simultaneously jealous of this whole Caucasus mountain trek, and grateful that the author described the scenery, the people he meets and their history in such a generous and humble way. This is not an ethno-study, an adventure book full of swagger or a historical essay, it's journalism in the purest form, with genuine curiosity and a real attachment to a region and its inhabitants.
Emotionally scarred after witnessing the bloody climax of the Beslan school siege in Russia's North Caucasus, in which 314 hostages …
This books quotes Kill Bill, Cyndi Lauper and Shania Twain -- and also numerous other authors and books, zines, movies more... directly on the subject --, which makes it not just interesting but also funny and smart.
Faced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a …
I had the re-read The Space Between Worlds quickly, after beginning this one, because there were things I didn't remember and a lot of the context is needed for this one. I liked the change of perspective, with Mr Scales being a runner this time and her different views on things. It was interesting to see that she's also an unreliable narrator, and that's all right really. One thing I regretted was the lack of explanation as to why a certain event happen (I won't spoil with explaining why what, it should be obvious I guess) In any case, it's a great read, lots of action, despair, anti-heroes and queerness.
Faced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a series of sudden and inexplicable …
Il s’appelle Gueule de Truie. Le visage dissimulé sous un masque de métal, il est …
J'aime bien écouter le podcast d'Arte "Bookmakers", parce que régulièrement, ça me fait découvrir des voix très singulières et des auteur·es dont je n'avais jamais entendu parler. Et après trois épisodes avec Justine Niogret, ça donnait pas mal envie. Alors sans doute Gueule de Truie n'est pas le plus évident pour aborder sa bibliographie, l'écriture est brutale, très imagée, le propos sans interdits, donc on aime ou pas. C'est un peu indigeste parfois, dans la seconde moitié, lorsqu'on perd un peu de vue où l'auteure veut nous emmener, où on a l'impression de tourner en rond dans la folie des personnages sans aller vers une résolution. Malgré tout, il y a plein de choses intéressantes, de tournures de phrases, d'idées, d'images.
