If I write to you tonight from Vienna, I'd like you to understand… sang Barbara. For the singer of "Midnight," whimsical things often evoke letters. Perhaps it's this particular, intimate spirit of correspondence that touched Louise and Dorine. Letter or song, the two brush against each other to deepen the impact of a message—singing one's sorrow finds solace.

Alain is a young journalist, always eager for a scoop, curious and observant. As he walked up Avenue Victor Hugo, he thought he still had time to stroll around the neighborhood before heading back to the newsroom. The little flower shop owner was cleaning her vases… the sun was already blazing, a beautiful day when… a man approached him. Their eyes met. Nothing would ever be the same again. But who was this man who was about to turn his life upside down?

In this book, you will find an echo of your own feelings and experiences, a touch of lightness, a hint of poetic references, and a great deal of authenticity and innocence. This collection is structured like an initiatory journey, at once personal, philosophical, and universal. Through different types of poetic narratives (free verse, fixed forms, dream narratives...

The narrator is experiencing a midlife crisis during a late pregnancy. Over these nine months, she will encounter highs and lows that will lead her to undertake a profound process of introspection. She will have the opportunity to reflect on herself, but also on her family members, her history, and her difficulties in accepting who she is and her life choices; all within a society that often seems hostile to her.

Leave for later that pile of dishes that wakes you up every morning with a clanging of metal, dreams collapsing in the stainless steel sink.

In the euphoria surrounding the rise of free radio in the 1980s, a man in his thirties stubbornly submits an application for an FM radio station license in Paris, on behalf of the community he wishes to represent. His story unfolds amidst a passionate love affair, internal conflicts both before and after obtaining the broadcasting license, suspicions of collusion involving members and officials of the regulatory authority with well-known figures, the sharp investigators of the Paris police (36 Quai des Orfèvres), and later, the DGSE (General Directorate for External Security).

An amateur but experienced sailor undertakes the solo delivery of a sailboat from Brittany to the United States. He decides to recount, in a personal logbook, how this experience unfolds and the circumstances under which he chose to make this crossing. He thus offers us a triple journey.

Time speeds up, the years collide and jostle each other. The need to look back on my past arose naturally. It's not about taking stock, or even providing an exhaustive account of sixty-odd years, but simply about telling my story, looking back on this past to better understand it. This life, which I've led by avoiding certain pitfalls, by facing the twists and turns of existence, continues according to the events, encounters, and emotions that mark my path.

Jacques Whitehead, a British MI6 agent nearing retirement, has lived in Los Angeles for 30 years. He has just written a novel about his friend Adrien Mesquita, a former journalist and renowned novelist. He met the main characters, first in Algeria at the end of 1978, during one of his first overseas missions, following the death of President Houari Boumediene, and then in Europe, where he met the others, all those who had played a significant role in this story.

Jacques Whitehead, a British MI6 special agent nearing the end of his career, had lived in Los Angeles for 30 years. He had recently completed a book about part of the life of his friend Adriano Mesquita, a former journalist and renowned writer. He had met the main characters in the story, first in Algeria in late 1978, during one of his first missions abroad, shortly after the death of President Houari Boumediene, and later in Europe, where he met and interviewed the others.