History of a velolution
When he was younger, Simon Lord was stopped by “a drunk guy” from Saint-Mathieu, on the South Shore, where he lived. “You know what everyone says about you here in the village? he told her. That you’re still in trouble. That’s what the world says.” The anecdote, which the author tells in Petite story of the flight in Montréalproves that his passion for bécik is not new. It also shows that he knows how to tell stories. This is what allows his book, which tells the story of the “transformation of Montreal into a cycling city,” to be both richly documented and captivating. He demonstrates how striking it is, the path traveled by the bicycle since the era of “all-car” in the metropolis. He also wisely reminds us, after having proven it, that his place “is never completely acquired”.
In bookstore
Petite story of the flight in Montréal
Boréal
328 pages
World War of Ideas
Frédéric Martel’s new essay arrives in Quebec crowned with glory, after having received abundant media coverage in France and having climbed into the top ranks of best-selling works. The author of the bestseller Sodom investigated for eight years in 52 countries where he carried out some 2,000 interviews (notably with former Donald Trump strategist Steve Bannon) to paint a portrait of what he describes as “anti-Western internationalism”. Result? “A valuable and necessary investigative book” and “a rare cartography of a world that is too often reduced to caricatures,” said the weekly The Pointwhile L’Express described the work as “monumental” and that Le Figaro spoke of “impressive work of research and investigation”. Journalists from Monde have, however, revealed certain blind spots in this “subjective” investigation. Wests is sure to be on many summer reading lists, including mine.
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Occidents – Investigate our enemies
Lead
619 pages
Witness to the American drift
Travel trains youth, they say. That of Michel Labrecque took shape around stays in the United States with his family, each summer between 1960 and 1971. He fell under the spell of this country where he found everything “more impressive, more interesting”. A long journey through the American West at the end of the 1970s reinforced his admiration. Becoming a journalist, he quickly discovered the “gray zones” of the country. He has developed what he describes as “a privileged but complicated relationship with our big neighbor to the South”. This evolution is the narrative framework of his most recent essay, which is in fact a personal history of the United States, nourished by numerous reports and sometimes told in a confidential tone. The exercise was successful. What the author presents as a “humble testimony” turns out to be valuable.
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What remains of our United States?
Éditions La Presse
286 pages
Essai controversé signé (Jill) Biden
Jill Biden’s most recent book sparked controversy in the United States before it even hit bookstores. It’s understandable. The memoirs of the former first lady of the country notably address the race for the White House from which her husband withdrew (after having his hand forced). Some American media have pointed out that dwelling on memories of the Biden era can only harm Democrats, who dream that we will finally stop scratching this sore. But there is worse. The version told by Jill Biden “essentially confirms speculation that she participated in a cover-up, publicly suggesting that her aging husband was fit to serve four more years,” even as she worried about his health, a summarized journalist Nia-Malika Henderson from Bloomberg. These memoirs could therefore… please Republicans more than Democrats.
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View from the East Wing : A Memoir
Gallery Book
288 pages
The shock of AI in music
A “loss of $16 billion” is forecast over the next five years for the traditional music industry. “So we have to adapt. It’s a shock,” declared Michel Rochon recently on Radio-Canada. We interviewed him about his most recent essay (his third on music). He attempts to assess the extent to which artificial intelligence will disrupt the musical ecosystem. But it is also (and above all) a book on the history of music linked to the “dream of composing without resorting to human imagination”. This is because the journalist traces the evolution that has led, in recent years, to a real “AI music industry”. Our creators have reason to worry and, at the end of his essay, the author rightly pleads for collective reflection on the nature of the “role of music in our lives”.
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Artificial music – From the first instruments to generative AI
MultiMondes Editions
200 pages
