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Norway: « My Struggle » by Karl Ove Knausgård

What is Norway’s secret? Its population is just over 5 million. Yet the country and its people seem to shine on all fronts. During our recent trip, I admired the architectural marvels of the capital,...

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Charlottesville, Virginia: “My Monticello” par Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of...

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India: Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie and The God of Small Things by...

My last visit to India was a treat. The December weather in Delhi was very pleasant, sometimes even cool in the morning or evening. Luckily, there was little pollution that week. After work, my Indian...

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Theater: Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo at Villers-la-Ville Abbey (Belgium)

Over the years, this has become a ritual during our summer trips back to Belgium. Often with the whole family, we go to see the play performed outdoors in the ruins of Villers-la-Ville Abbey. The...

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Fjällbacka (Sweden): The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg

It had been a long, sun-drenched day. Night was now falling slowly over a countryside of undulating green fields dotted with a few red barns. A pair of deer popped up on the side of the road.   I was...

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Tokyo: « Norwegian Wood » and « Drive My Car » by Haruki Murakami and «...

After more than ten years, I finally returned to Japan and was able to stay a little longer than on my first visit. I was there again for a conference held at a university located in the Roppongi...

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Val d’Hérens, Valais, Switzerland: “Terror on the Mountain » and « Farinet ou...

Dare I confess to you one of my adolescent dreams? Her name is Evolena and, in Cosey’s comic strip “Lost in the Alps (A la recherche de Peter Pan)”, she’s the young mountain girl whom the hero, Sir...

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Mount Sinai: The Bible

When I arrived at the summit of Mount Sinai last May, I felt as if I were honoring an appointment missed over thirty years ago. In 1992, we had planned a trip that would take us in a loop from Israel...

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Montreal: “The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant » by Michel Tremblay, « How to...

We set off from our hotel on Philipps Square towards McGill University. After an initial exploration of the campus, we climbed the stairs to the viewpoint in front of the Chalet du Mont-Royal. In late...

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Aleppo, Syria: « Death is Hard Work » and « No One Prayed Over Their Graves »...

Syria has been embroiled in civil war for more than ten years and has yet to emerge from it. Although fighting has subsided since 2020, the country remains divided, and Bashar al-Assad’s ironclad...

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