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Nonfiction The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France Ethan B. Katz
Nonfiction A Fifty-Year Silence: Love, War, and a Ruined House in France Miranda Richmond Mouillot
Nonfiction The Archive Thief: The Man Who Salvaged French Jewish History in the Wake of the Holocaust Lisa Moses Leff
Interview Interview: Tony Schumacher by Elise CooperThe Darkest Hour is an alternate history, a psychological study, and a thriller all rolled into one fantastic book. It begins with Germany… Elise Cooper April 28, 2015
Nonfiction A Good Place to Hide: How One French Village Saved Thousands of Lives During World War II Peter Grose
Interview Interview: Mark Polizzotti on Translating the Work of Patrick Modiano Patrick Modiano, who won the 2014 Nobel Prize for literature, has recently seen a flurry of attention here in the U.S., where he had been relatively unknown until… Beth Kissileff March 6, 2015
Essay The Absence of the “Jewish Question” in Irene Nemirovsky’s Suite Francaise Earlier this week, Alexis Landau shared the story behind her debut novel, The Empire of the Senses, as well as books that inspired her while she wrote. She has been… Alexis Landau February 26, 2015
Essay World Zionism and Paris’s Personal and Political Patterns Roger Cohen is a columnist for The New York Times, where he has worked since 1990: as a correspondent in Paris and Berlin, and as bureau chief in the Balkans… Roger Cohen January 19, 2015
Nonfiction Rhinestones, Religion, and the Republic: Fashioning Jewishness in France Kimberly A. Arkin
Interview Interview: Robert Harris by Elise CooperRobert Harris’s latest book, An Officer and A Spy, is a fictional account of the Dreyfus Affair. This is a thrilling historical novel that… Elise Cooper June 17, 2014
Nonfiction Diary of the Dark Years, 1940- 1944: Collaboration, Resistance, and Daily Life in Occupied Paris Jean Guehenno; David Ball, annotator and trans.
