Le Grand Jeu
Wazo – Pour Tout L’Or de Brest
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceDrifting through squats, punk gigs, courtrooms and factory shifts, Wazo delivers a raw, fast-paced memoir of life on the margins in 1990s Brest — a city as gritty as it is poetic. In Pour tout l’or de Brest, he recounts his wild youth as a “clown, delinquent and tightrope walker,” caught between rebellion and survival, […]
Azie Faison – Game Over
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FrancePapermundi, together with Driver, bring us the first French translation of Game Over, the raw and unfiltered memoir of Harlem’s legendary drug lord, Azie Faison. At just 21, Faison was earning over half a million dollars a week. But by 1990, he had left the drug trade behind, determined to tell his story — long […]
L’Amicale du Hibou-Spectateur
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceWhat do monikers, anti-fascist censorship, imaginary birds, and cinephile graffiti have in common? All are part of the sprawling and unconventional Fonds documentaire de l’Amicale du Hibou-Spectateur — a collective archive exploring forms of “wild” writing in public space. The Owl-Watcher Society (Amicale du Hibou-Spectateur) is an informal research group launched in 2021 by Jiem […]
Tarek Ben Yakhlef – Vandalisme
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceGraffiti wasn't always celebrated. In the 80s and 90s, it was criminalized, erased, and dismissed as "vandalism." And yet, this raw, illegal energy was the spark behind many of today's most respected urban artists. With Vandalisme, Tarek Ben Yakhlef — author of the cult book Paris Tonkar (1991, reprinted in 2024) — returns to the […]
Michaël Barek – Trucs
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceWhat does it mean to collect what others discard? To turn street waste into visual poetry, fetish, or evidence of urban decay? Trucs is a book that shouldn’t exist—and yet, here it is. Shot and assembled by Michaël Barek, with texts by Mehdi Belhouaïchat, this 84-page object is part photo essay, part anthropological drift through […]
Jean-Michel Landon – La Vie des Blocs
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceWhat do we really see when we look at the banlieue? Concrete? Tension? Style? Noise? La Vie des Blocs by Jean-Michel Landon is the result of twelve years spent walking, listening, and observing from within. Shot in black and white, built from 123 photographs and raw testimonies, it offers a patient and poetic counter-narrative to […]
As Seen on the Streets of Paris
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceGiulia 'BLocal' Riva's passion for graffiti & street art is well known. Her mission? To unveil the artistic and rebellious heart of cities through an independent street art blog BLocal, which has become the media partner of important street art festivals around Europe. That's why we are more than happy to welcome her for a […]
Disek – J’irai graffer chez vous
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceWe’re excited to announce the official launch of J'irai graffer chez vous by Disek, published by Éditions Alternatives, and to invite you to celebrate this release with us. A globetrotting graffiti artist, Disek has spent the past ten years traveling the world in search of walls to leave his mark on. This journey has been […]
Saeio – Recueils
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceTen years after their discreet release, poessie et running 1 (2014) and poessie et running 2 (2015) by SAEIO are finally making their return to bookstores! Originally self-published in very limited runs, these two poetry collections quickly became elusive — and legendary for those lucky enough to come across them. Blending offbeat language, graphic experimentation, […]