memento

Light for children, by Maylis de Kerangal
Walter Benjamin, all alone in the Funkstunde AG studio in Berlin, faces the microphone and gets ready to read. He removes his jacket, rolls up his sleeves and bends over a wad of typed sheets, adjusting his small iron-rimmed glasses, perhaps also smoothing...

Which tales does he give us the key to, this old man with a child’s tongue? His writing is so faithful, his voice so true, but his knowledge is but a conduit for the weight of the whole universe. His tales are his journey through life that have led him...

Mirrors
A man who thought he was the bee’s knees had the walls and ceiling of his most beautiful room covered in mirrors. He often retreated to this room, admiring himself in great detail from every angle, – above, below, front and back. Once he had done this...

What’s a fairytale? A story that starts with the words « Once upon a time… », listened to rather than read, and going back to the mists of time. The author is just a conduit, the story takes place in another world and brings a sense of mystery that only...