«Des Coccinelles dans des Noyaux de Cerise»: un roman observateur et attentif du genre humain signé par Nan Aurousseau.
« Un loup dans la jungle, voilà ce que je suis. Un inadapté, un solitaire avec la rage au ventre parce qu’on m’a toujours méprisé. Une gueule un peu en biais, c’est vrai, une carcasse d’oiseau de […]
«Binocular Vision»: An eye-opening compendium radiant with wisdom, humour (and) mischief by Edith Pearlman
In this sumptuous offering, one of our premier storytellers provides a feast for fiction aficionados. Spanning four decades and three prize-winning collections. These 21 vintage selected stories and 13 scintillating new ones take us around the world. From Jerusalem to Central America, […]
«Exit West»: Shortlisted for The Man Bookfer Prize 2017. Thrilling, urgent and gorgeously written by Mohsin Hamid.
En un país a punt d’esclatar una guerra civil, dos joves es troben. La Nadia, sensual i independent, i en Saeed, educat i de bones maneres. Inicien una història d’amor secreta fins que comença la guerra i es senten […]
«Couleurs de l’incendie» : Un roman trépidant rempli de surprises et mené d’une main assurée par Pierre Lemaitre.
Février 1927. Le Tout-Paris assiste aux obsèques de Marcel Péricourt. Sa fille, Madeleine, doit prendre la tête de l’empire financier dont elle est l’héritière, mais le destin en décide autrement. Son fils, Paul, d’un geste inattendu et tragique, va […]
Poems for Love, the perfect present for St Valentine’s Day! Introduced by Joanna Trollope
Love is one of the most enduring themes of poetry. For centuries, poets have been inspired to write about this timeless emotion in all its guises. From John Donne and William Shakespeare, to Lord Byron, W.B. Yeats and Emily Dickinson. It is […]
«Three Things About Elsie»: A real treasure, poignant and perceptive by Joanna Cannon
There are three things you should know about Elsie.
The first thing is that she’s my best friend.
The second is that she always knows what to say to make me feel better.
And the third thing… might take a little bit more explaining.
84-year-old Florence has fallen […]
«I’m Supposed to Protect You from All This»: Piercingly honest and uncommonly generous, by Nadja Spiegelman
For a long time, Nadja Spiegelman believed her mother was a fairy. More than her famous father, Maus creator Art Spiegelman, and even more than most mothers. Hers, French-born New Yorker art director Françoise Mouly—exerted a force over reality. That was both dazzling and […]
«The Woman in the Window»: Astounding, thrilling , amazing. The thriller of the year by A.J. Finn
Anna Fox lives alone, a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling happier times. And spying on her neighbors.
Then the Russells move […]
«Frappe-toi le cœur», c’est là qu’est le génie! Le nouveau roman d’Amélie Nothomb
C’est à Musset qu’elle emprunte son titre (« Ah ! Frappe-toi le coeur, c’est là qu’est le génie » ), mais, pour le reste, Amélie Nothomb fait confiance à ses armes propres pour mener à bien ce roman.
Son vingt-cinquième en… vingt-cinq ans -, à […]
«How to Stop Time» : Let Matt Haig take you on a journey… Original and fascinating
A love story across the ages. And for the ages . About a man lost in time, the woman who could save him, and the lifetimes it can take to learn how to live
How to Stop Time is a bighearted, wildly […]
