« Pour me réveiller, on m'acheta des livres. »
4 June 2026 The panel (above) comes from Marjane Satrapi's critically acclaimed graphic novel, Persepolis. The text inside the speech bubble reads: « Pour me réveiller, on m'acheta des livres » ("To awaken me, they bought me books"). This is a direct quotation from Simone de Beauvoir's 1958 autobiography, Mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée (Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter). Satrapi embeds this prose into the visual landscape of her graphic memoir, connecting her own coming-of-ag
Politics in the Middle East | A Discussion at Albertine Reading Room and Bookshop
19 January 2016 This evening, we attended a discussion about politics in the Middle East with Jean-Pierre Filiu, a historian, professor at Sciences Po, the Paris Institute for Political Studies, and author of the new book, From Deep State to Islamic State: The Arab Counter-Revolution and its Jihadi Legacy (2015). The event was hosted by Albertine in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York City. Drawing on his experience as a former diplomat a
