My Mum was a great reader, words were her world, and I have probably inherited her habit of reading several books at the same time. We thought a lot, and talked about, characters, plots and history. Our other passion was cinema, I remember, with longing, our little “art et essais” shop in the neighbourhood. There…

My Mum My Mum was a great reader, words were her world, and I have probably inherited her habit of reading several books at the same time. We thought a lot, and talked about, characters, plots and history. Our other passion was cinema, I remember, with longing, our little “art et essais” shop in the…