books
Amara Lakhous: civilisations at crossroads
‘Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a piazza Vittorio’, has been consecrated Italy’s literary sensation of the year. The 36 year old Algerian-born author, who is Italian at heart, tells us his story
Paris, Samuel Beckett’s final stop
One hundred years after his birth, Paris presents the complete œuvre of Samuel Beckett, one of the European writers who best expressed the malady of the 20th century (until June 2007)
Travelling with insider tips
Take an alternative trip around Brussels with our private guide, Stephane Lambert. Together we discover the hidden corners of the European capital.
books, brussels, cities, belgium, museum, education system, culture
Google print outshines the European Digital Library
As Google actively courts European publishers at Frankfurt, the nascent European Digital Library fumbles to catch up
“We don’t want to stand in the way of the digital era”
Publisher Georg Siebeck explains why the new German copyright laws threaten the very existence of academic publishers
The Frankfurt book fair discusses digital books
Every year, the world biggest book fair in Frankfurt attracts a lot of bookworms. But the future of the traditional paperback is unsure
Turkish intellectuals and Europe
Europe represents a slippery and elusive object of desire for Turkey, but Turkish intellectuals are wondering whether it might not be best to define Europe before beginning to covet it.
books, secularity, mustafa kemal atatürk, ideology, candidate countries, akp, islam
