Here’s an age-old refrain: a man meets a woman after a screening of Leo McCarey’s masterpiece, An Affair to Remember They already know the story that awaits them, having lived it through their own fiction. And yet…

La Face Nord is a delightful, sentimental exploration of the border between fiction and reality. Jean-Pierre Montal pulls off this balancing act with an elegance that would make Cary Grant envious!

La Face nord by Jean-Pierre Montal, éditions Séguier
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To go further, listen to Marie Richeux’s conversation with Jean-Pierre Montal in Le Book Club (France Culture.

Miriam Bridenne

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.

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