Contributor
Contributor
Miriam Bridenne
Deputy Director
Favorite Genres
children books, literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, Poetry, theater
children books, literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, Poetry, theater
After almost two decades of working in publishing, and a few round trips between Paris and New York, Miriam has decided to settle down at Albertine to do what she enjoys most: recommending books she loves. Somehow this also includes taking bizarre pictures for Albertine's social media outlets.
ARTICLES BY THIS CONTRIBUTOR
ARTICLES BY THIS CONTRIBUTOR
Miriam Bridenne | March 13, 2024
If, like me, you read the news these days with growing anxiety, then "Une vie qui se cabre", Sylvain Pattieu’s latest novel, might offer you a welcome breath of fresh air. In this fast paced, political "feel-good" fiction, Pattieu imagines that in the immediate aftermath of WW2, the Lamine Gueye law, granting equality to every citizen of the French Empire,…
If, like me, you read the news these days with growing anxiety, then "Une vie qui se cabre", Sylvain Pattieu’s latest novel, might offer you a welcome breath of fresh air. In this fast paced, political "feel-good" fiction, Pattieu imagines that in the immediate aftermath of WW2, the Lamine Gueye…
If, like me, you read the news these days with growing anxiety, then "Une vie qui se cabre", Sylvain Pattieu’s…
Miriam Bridenne | February 8, 2024
If you are wondering what we’ve been reading this January, our answer will be great books mostly! We first turned loyally to old flames, and those of you who enjoyed Fugitive parce que Reine (The Book of Mother) and Rose Désert will be happy to hear that Les Monuments de Paris (Gallimard) is another tour de force by Violaine Huisman.
If you are wondering what we’ve been reading this January, our answer will be great books mostly! We first turned loyally to old flames, and those of you who enjoyed Fugitive parce que Reine (The Book of Mother) and Rose Désert will be happy to hear that Les Monuments de…
If you are wondering what we’ve been reading this January, our answer will be great books mostly! We first turned…
Miriam Bridenne | February 7, 2024
He goes by Ricardo, Alexandre, Daniel, Richard. His surname, profession, nationality change faster than a New York minute. Why? To seduce as many women as he can. He's on the rampage in Brazil, France, Portugal, Poland and he multiplies profiles on social media literally everywhere. Ricardo is a man with a thousand faces, addicted to face holes and all sorts…
He goes by Ricardo, Alexandre, Daniel, Richard. His surname, profession, nationality change faster than a New York minute. Why? To seduce as many women as he can. He's on the rampage in Brazil, France, Portugal, Poland and he multiplies profiles on social media literally everywhere. Ricardo is a man with…
He goes by Ricardo, Alexandre, Daniel, Richard. His surname, profession, nationality change faster than a New York minute. Why? To…
Miriam Bridenne | February 6, 2024
Les Fleurs sauvages (POL, 2024) is as much a novel about the birth of an artist, as it is about the dynamics within a family’s, as it is about our connection to nature. Houdart treats each aspect of her fiction with the same importance, she explores each narrative line with the same degree of engagement, the same precision in her…
Les Fleurs sauvages (POL, 2024) is as much a novel about the birth of an artist, as it is about the dynamics within a family’s, as it is about our connection to nature. Houdart treats each aspect of her fiction with the same importance, she explores each narrative line with…
Les Fleurs sauvages (POL, 2024) is as much a novel about the birth of an artist, as it is about…
Miriam Bridenne | January 23, 2024
Since the publication of her debut novel, Truisme, which took France’s literary world by storm in 1996, Marie Darrieussecq has shown, book after book, an impressive dedication to dissecting the specificities of the feminine condition of her time.
Since the publication of her debut novel, Truisme, which took France’s literary world by storm in 1996, Marie Darrieussecq has shown, book after book, an impressive dedication to dissecting the specificities of the feminine condition of her time.
Since the publication of her debut novel, Truisme, which took France’s literary world by storm in 1996, Marie Darrieussecq has…
Miriam Bridenne | January 15, 2024
With the rigor, lucidity, and intelligence that she demonstrated in her previous books, Violaine Huisman delves into family and official archives to better make sense of her father, a man described in his obituary as “an iconoclast, an unclassifiable, flamboyant, Balzacian character.”
With the rigor, lucidity, and intelligence that she demonstrated in her previous books, Violaine Huisman delves into family and official archives to better make sense of her father, a man described in his obituary as “an iconoclast, an unclassifiable, flamboyant, Balzacian character.”
With the rigor, lucidity, and intelligence that she demonstrated in her previous books, Violaine Huisman delves into family and official…