“10 lines on 480 pages – you should read the book,” he said Wednesday to French broadcaster France Info, his exasperation evident at being questioned on the book’s most erotic scene a week ...

A glance, a grimace, a tightening of shoulders: Suspense is in the details — small details — scattered throughout Tana French’s new novel, “The Hunter.” These moments pile up until, in ...

The French book, written by Arsène Houssaye and published in 1879, is a study on the soul and life after death, Harvard Library states on a page dedicated to the book.

For French readers the book, “At Night All Blood Is Black,” also provided an introduction to a little-known aspect of their own history. On Wednesday, the National Book Foundation announced ...