In Quimper, booksellers’ favorites for the summer

1 A mix of genres for the summer

For this summer, Catherine Le Pape, from Librairie et Curiosités, is offering Quimpérois the chance to escape through a trip to 15th century America with Guillaume Aubin’s “The Tree of Anger”. “It’s a real adventure filled with action and rhythm that can be brought back to our time.” She also highly recommends “Full Board” by Jacky Schwartzmann, a thriller that takes place in a French campsite, “a well-conducted and funny story”. And for young people, there is also “Heads High”, a novel written by Cathy Ytak telling the story of the revolts of the sardine-fisheries of Douarnenez in 1924. “A historical adventure with a part of feminism”, she specifies.

For Max Foucault, manager of the bookstore L’ivresse de lire, it’s time to rediscover history with “Le Hussard bleu” by Roger Nimier, which evokes the reconquest of France in 1945 with “a musketeer and chivalrous side “. Thanks to a timeless writing, this novel allows us to see the soldiers “with their share of shadow and light”. Max Foucault also offers readings evoking the problems of our societies such as “France against robots” by Georges Bernanos or “The Time of de-globalisation” by Guillaume Vuillemey, “enough to rethink our economic models and our relationships with humans” .

In the kingdom of the Quimper manga, Quentin Labrune, employee of the Japanim bookshop, invites to calmer readings, “so as not to take the lead”. Among them, “Hirayasumi”, written and illustrated by Keigo Shinzō, depicts the relationships between teenagers and the elderly in a “soft and slow” universe, ideal for resting in the middle of summer. Quentin Labrune also advises “Sounds of Life” by Amyû, a manga on the theme of music “which manages to retransmit its melodies thanks to fine lines and endearing characters”, explains the bookseller.

“The Beginnings” by Claire Marin is an essay on the first times in life, “a way of analyzing the events that we experience for the first time”, depicts Raphaël Pinelli, head of the human sciences department of the Ravy bookstore. . Claire Marin poses a simple reflection “which makes you want to be more in-depth”. The head of the section also advises “La Vie Simple” by Carlo Ossola and “L’échappée belle” by Rémy Oudghiri, two works “which allow you to change your view of the banalities of everyday life”.

On the side of L’introvable, tastes are varied. “Replay: Memoirs of a Family” is more than recommended by Christophe Duprat, the manager. A comic that tells the story of a family over three generations from the last century to the present day. An “interesting story and unparalleled reading fluidity”. His apprentice, Aki Le Brun, can only recommend “Himawari House” by Harmony Becker, which tells the story of an American of Japanese origin who returns to live in her country to reconnect with her origins.