John Thavis Viking Bibliothèque de Ville de Montréal, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce The Vatican is typically viewed as a monolithic power structure that pursues a global agenda with a unified sense of mission. John Thavis, who covered the Vatican beat for 30 years, knows that the reality is far different. It’s a place where Curia cardinals fight private…
Rima Elkouri La Presse J’ai été nommée chroniqueuse à La Presse un certain 10 septembre 2001. Le 11, bien malgré moi, je suis devenue chroniqueuse arabe. Je n’ai jamais voulu de cette étiquette. «Pas envie d’être arabe.» C’était le titre de ma première chronique. Non pas qu’il y ait dans mes origines quoi que ce…
Review: Manchu Princess, Japanese Spy Digital Spy A new book explores the fascinating tale of a cross-dressing Japanese spy in wartime China. Divisive figures often make the most compelling biographical subjects; and Kawashima Yoshiko is no exception. During her life and in death opinions have varied markedly. Loathed by the Chinese as a traitor, extolled…
The Millions. Exemple, ces deux critiques : “A seduction through language, a mosque without mask.”—Cynthia Ozick on Edmund White’s Caracole “The best American writer to have emerged in recent years.”—Edmund White on Cynthia Ozick’s The Cannibal Galaxy
