Linguae blog

“Camino Island”: the new book by John Grisham, the best thriller writer alive.
Camino Island és alhora una lectura de platja i una novel·la negre per als amants del genero. Comença amb un atrac literari i acabant amb un duel entre una dona i un terrible criminal. L’atrac més important de […]

“Le parfum du bonheur est plus fort sous la pluie.” Entre rire et larmes, les nouveau roman de Virginie Grimaldi touche au coeur.
“Je ne t’aime plus.”
Il aura suffi de cinq mots pour que l’univers de Pauline bascule. Installée avec son fils de quatre ans chez ses parents, elle laisse les […]

“Grazie per quella volta”: confessioni di una donna difettosa di Serena Dandini
Di cosa è fatta una vita?

Di domeniche pigre in cui non rispondiamo al telefono per rimanere sul divano abbracciando un libro appena iniziato.

Ore spese inutilmente a cercare le sigarette, le chiavi della macchina, gli occhiali da sole. Perché si […]

“We were liars”: Thrilling, beautiful and blisteringly smart. We Were Liars is utterly unforgettable.
Una illa privada. Una il·lustre i coneguda família de Nova Anglaterra. Un grup de quatre amics, els Mentiders, units per una amistat que es torna destructiva. Una rebel·lió, un accident i un secret. Mentides i més mentides. […]

“La vie enfuie de Martha K.”. Un roman plein d’humanisme, de compassion et de tendresse, face à la dureté du monde et des hommes.
Un fred glacial. Al seus voltants, unes parets metàl·liques i brutes. La jove dona no sap com ha arribat allà i encara pitjor, no sap qui és. […]

“Conversations with Friends”: an addictive debut by a bright new talent. Brilliant, funny and startling!
La Frances té 21 anys, és intel·ligent i observadora, una estudiant que somnia amb ser escriptora i es dedica a cultivar la seva ment. Bobbi, la seva millor amiga també vol ser escriptora. Les dues amigues […]

“Summer Secrets” : a story of one woman struggling to right the wrongs of her past
June, 1998: At twenty seven, Catherine Coombs, also known as Cat, is struggling. She lives in London, works as a journalist, and parties hard. Her lunchtimes consist of several glasses of wine at the bar downstairs in […]

“Il mare dove non si tocca”: Vincitore del Premio letterario Corrado Alvaro e Libero Bigiaretti 2018
Dopo il successo di Chi manda le onde, premio Strega Giovani 2015, Fabio Genovesi torna con un romanzo luminoso e coloratissimo, divertente e poetico. Capace di alternare con straordinaria efficacia i registri e di farci passare in […]

“Truly Wildly Deeply”: sometimes love makes you do wild things…
Annie is starting college. She can’t wait. No more school, no more uniform, and no one telling her what to do. It’s the start of a new adventure and Annie’s not going to let anyone or anything get in the way […]

“The art of being normal”: a life-changing and life-saving book.
Two Outsiders. Two secrets.

David longs to be a girl.

Leo wants to be invisible.

When Leo stands up for David in a fight, an unlikely friendship forms. But things are about to get messy. Because at Eden Park School secrets have a funny […]

“Stories for Boys who Dare to be Different”: true tales of amazing boys who changed the world without killing dragons.
Prince charming, dragon slayer, mischievous prankster… More often than not, these are the role-models boys encounter in the books they read at home and school. As a boy, there is an […]

“The Rosie Project”: a witty, entertaining fairytale for our time!
Meet Don Tillman. Don is getting married. He just doesn’t know who to yet. But he has designed a very detailed questionnaire to help him find the perfect woman. One thing he already knows, though, is that it’s not Rosie. Absolutely, […]

“The Time Traveler’s Wife”: an old-fashioned love story, a terrific book, startingly original!
A funny, often poignant tale of boy meets girl with a twist. What if one of them couldn’t stop slipping in and out of time? Highly original and imaginative, this debut novel raises questions about life, love, and the […]

“Ne dites pas à ma mère que je suis handicapée, elle me croit trapéziste dans un cirque”. Un manifeste de courage et d’humour.
És la història d’una noia que volia ser cantant de musical, o ballarina, o trapezista. Si, trapezista: volar allà dalt, admirada per tothom, àgil, maca amb un maillot […]

“Murder on the Orient Express”:  A classic Hercule Poirot mystery, now a major motion picture!
A train. A murder. Multiple suspects. Nearly an alibi for everyone. But wait, there’s a motive for everyone. How did this seemingly impossible murder occur? Hercule Poirot knows.

This title finds the Orient Express stopped in its […]

“The Perks of Being a Wallflower”: Chbosky captures adolescent angst, confusion and joy!
Charlie’s not the biggest geek in high school, but he’s by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent, yet socially awkward, Charlie is a wallflower. Standing on the threshold of his life whilst watching everyone live theirs. As Charlie […]

Les Tribulations d’une Caissière: un petit livre où on rit beaucoup et où on se retrouve!
« Tu vois, si tu ne travailles pas bien à l’école, tu finiras caissière comme la dame. » C’est dit. C’est pesé, emballé, étiqueté. Et pourtant.

Elle s’appelle Anna. Elle a vingt-huit ans, un diplôme universitaire […]

“The Girl in the Woods”: the new book by Camilla Lackberg, a masterclass in Scandinavian crime writing.
A missing child
When a four-year-old girl disappears in the woods just outside Fjällbacka, the community is horror-struck. Thirty years ago, a young girl went missing from the exact same spot, and was later discovered, […]

“La Disparition de Stephanie Mailer”: Quatrième livraison pour l’auteur de “Harry Québert” qui tient le souffle et la forme.
30 juillet 1994. Orphea, petite station balnéaire tranquille des Hamptons dans l’État de New York, est bouleversée par un effroyable fait divers. Le maire de la ville et sa famille sont assassinés chez […]

“Minute, Papillon”: un roman optimiste et un condensé de bonne humeur, dans le style d’Aurélie Valognes.
C’est l’histoire de Rose, 36 ans, mère célibataire. Une femme dévouée qui a toujours fait passer les besoins des autres avant les siens. Après avoir perdu son père et son emploi, la jeune femme apprend […]

“Greeks Bearing Gifts”: A Bernie Gunther thriller by his creator Philip Kerr, one of the gratest master story-tellers in English.
1957, Munich. Bernie Gunther’s latest move in a long string of varied careers sees him working for an insurance company. It makes a kind of sense. Both cops and insurance companies […]

“Adesso”: molto più di un romanzo d’amore. Un romanzo sorprendente sull’amore, firmato Chiara Gamberale.
Esiste un momento nella vita di ognuno di noi dopo il quale niente sarà più come prima. Quel momento è adesso. Arriva quando ci innamoriamo, come si innamorano Lidia e Pietro. Sempre in cerca di emozioni forti […]

The Order of Time: an enlightening and consoling book by the bestselling author Carlo Rovelli.
The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics takes us on an enchanting, consoling journey to discover the meaning of time.

‘We are time, we are this space, this clearing opened by the traces of memory inside the […]

“Et Soudain la Liberté”: Un roman vrai écrit avec son éditrice, Caroline Laurent, raconte sa vie flamboyante.
Mona Desforêt a pour elle la grâce et la jeunesse des fées. En Indochine, elle attire tous les regards. Mais entre les camps japonais, les infamies, la montée du Viet Minh, le pays brûle. Avec […]

“The Secret Life of Cows” : A lovely, thoughtful little book about the intelligence of cows.
Cows can love, play games, bond and form strong, life-long friendships. They can sulk, hold grudges, and they have preferences and can be vain. All these characteristics and more have been observed, documented, interpreted and […]

“L’ordre du jour”: vainqueur du Prix Goncourt 2017 par la plume de Éric Vuillard.
Ils étaient vingt-quatre, près des arbres morts de la rive. Vingt-quatre pardessus noirs, marron ou cognac, vingt-quatre paires d’épaules rembourrées de laine. Vingt-quatre costumes trois pièces, et le même nombre de pantalons à pinces avec un large […]

“What’s the Time Maisy?”: A Maisy Fun-to Learn Book.
Each of the pages in this large-format book has a die-cut window that reveals a clock with real hands and cogs that works just like a real one. Maisy and the reader can follow the time as she goes about her daily […]

“Le Zèbre qui ne voulait pas aller à l’école”. Super histoire courte avec un petit peu d’humour à raconter le soir.
Un petit zèbre qui n’aimait pas aller à l’école fait l’école buissonnière. Un jour, il tombe nez à nez avec une panthère. Croquera-t-elle le zèbre ou bien réussira-t-elle à l’envoyer à […]

“Oi Frog”: this bestselling rhyming story will have the youngest of readers in fits of laughter.
Cats sit on mats, hares sit on chairs, mules sit on stools and gofers sit on sofas, but Frog does not want to sit on a log! Jam-packed with animals and silliness, this original rhyming story will […]

“L’amica geniale”: Un romanzo appassionante e coinvolgente.
L’amica geniale comincia seguendo le due protagoniste bambine, e poi adolescenti, tra le quinte di un rione miserabile della periferia napoletana. Tra una folla di personaggi minori accompagnati lungo il loro percorso con attenta assiduità.

L’autrice scava intanto nella natura complessa dell’amicizia tra due bambine, tra […]

“Little Story of Barça”: the story of a great hope. Astory to read, flip through, enjoy and to tell over and over again.
The story of Barça is the story of a great hope. The hope and dreams of a young Swiss man and his foreign and Catalan friends that lived […]

“Girls who Rocked the World”. Be inspired and empowered by this fun collection that shows girls really can rock the world!
Get ready to meet some incredible young women who made their mark on the world before turning twenty. And prove that when it comes to having an impact, there’s no such thing as too […]