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10 essential books to discover

The most beautiful trips are hidden in the books. Jean d'Ormesson Reading offers the possibility from his sofa to live several lives… We are not going to deprive ourselves of it! Here are the 10 recommendations from Marie-Laure Vallée, from the Littérature et Compagnie blog. - “A castle for Hollywood” by Olivier Minne, published by Séguier Olivier Minne invites us to push open the door of the Castle on Sunset Boulevard, a baroque hotel in the heart of Los Angeles. Its fresco inhabited by whimsical and glamorous characters, brings us to the heart of the myth embodied by Hollywood. - "The scandalous, the novel by Louise Labé" by Michel Peyramaure, published by Calmann-Lévy A fictionalized biography of the greatest poet of the Renaissance who through her verses dared to express her desires as a libertine woman. Courageous ! - “Haute-couture” by Florence Delay, published by Gallimard Associating a dress with a life, you had to think about it. This is the challenge that Florence Delay took on by investigating the works of the painter Zurbaran and his models. Exciting ! - “My literary Paris” by François Busnel,…