Avec la précision d’un maître horloger suisse, Joël Dicker nous emmène enfin au cœur de sa ville natale au fil de ce roman diabolique et époustouflant, sur fond de triangle amoureux, jeux de pouvoir, coups bas, trahisons et jalousies, dans une Suisse pas si tranquille que ça.
«La Cerise sur le Gâteau»: un agréable roman plus souvent tendre que feelgood, plus souvent interrogateur que facile et léger.
La vie est mal faite : à 35 ans, on n’a le temps de rien, à 65, on a du temps, mais encore faut-il savoir quoi en faire.
Bernard et Brigitte, couple solide depuis 37 ans, en savent […]
«Educated»: A monumental memoir that should be required reading for all. Tara Westover tells her story straight in her own words.
Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her […]
«I sette peccati di Hollywood». Un libro di facile e accattivante lettura per chi vuole conoscere il ‘dietro le quinte’ degli attori famosi di Hollywood.
È il 9 gennaio 1956 quando Oriana Fallaci, inviata de «L’Europeo», giunge per la prima volta a Hollywood per comprenderne i meccanismi nascosti. E raccontare senza filtri il mondo del cinema […]
«Boussole»: Un roman hanté par les crispations indentitaires et la tragédie humaine qui ravage la Syrie. Un auteur hors norme.
Insomniaque. Sous le choc d’un diagnostic médical alarmant. Franz Ritter, musicologue viennois, fuit sa longue nuit solitaire dans les souvenirs d’une vie de voyages, d’étude et d’émerveillements. Inventaire amoureux de l’incroyable apport de l’Orient à la […]
«The Cockroach»: Brilliant. In the era of Trump, Johnson and Brexit, McEwan’s latest book is a little satirical parody for our times.
That morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a gigantic creature.
Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis. In his previous life he was ignored or […]
«Hippie»: Uma viagem ao passado que alimenta o espírito, onde a revolução cultural hippie, é o telão de fundo para a história.
Paulo é um jovem que quer ser escritor. Deixa crescer o cabelo e parte numa viagem pelo mundo em busca da liberdade. E do significado mais profundo da existência. Uma jornada que vai desde a prisão […]
«Postscript»: Sensitive, pensive, and emotionally heart wrenching. The second part of «P.S. I love you» by Cecelia Ahern.
It’s been seven years since Holly Kennedy’s husband died. Six since she read his final letter, urging Holly to find the courage to forge a new life.
She’s proud of all the ways in which she has grown and evolved. […]
«Knife»: The phenomenal twelfth instalment in Jo Nesbo’s internationally bestselling crime fiction series.
HARRY HOLE IS ABOUT TO FACE HIS DARKEST CASE YET.
Harry is in a bad place. Rakel has left him, he’s working cold cases and notorious rapist and murderer Svein Finne is back on the streets.
THE FIRST KILLER HARRY PUT BEHIND BARS IS OUT TO […]
«L’humanité en péril»: En lanceuse d’alerte engagée, Fred Vargas traite de l’urgence climatique dans un style on ne peut plus direct.
« Mais bon sang, comment vais-je me sortir de cette tâche insensée ? De cette idée de m’entretenir avec vous de l’avenir du monde vivant ? Alors que je sais très bien que vous auriez préféré […]
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