«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 […]
«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 […]
«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 […]
«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 […]
«The Red-Haired Woman»: a masterful and mesmerising work by major novelist Orhan Pamuk.
«Many years have now gone by, and jealousy compels me to keep her name a secret, even from my readers. But I must provide a full and truthful account of what happened.»
It is mid-1980s Istanbul and Master Mahmut and his apprentice use ancient methods […]
«We Need New Names»: the stunning and extraordinary first book by NoViolet Bulawayo.
An exciting literary debut. The unflinching and powerful story of a young girl’s journey out of Zimbabwe and to America.
Darling is only ten years old, and yet she must navigate a fragile and violent world. In Zimbabwe, Darling and her friends steal guavas, […]
«Le retour de Jules»: un énorme succès de vente en librairie signé par la plume de Didier van Cauwelaert
– Ex gos guia per cecs a l’atur des de que la Alice va recuperar la vista, en Jules ara és un gos d’assistència per a epilèptics. Ha redescobert la seva raó d’existir. Fins i tot s’ha enamorat […]
«Io sono di legno»: il nuovo romanzo di Giulia Carcasi vincitore del Premio Zocca Giovani
– Es un diumenge qualsevol. Giulia espera, Mia encara no ha tornat dels seus dissabtes desenfrenats. Son mare i filla dividides per un precipici d’anys i secrets. Però quan Giulia llegeix el diari de Mia, tot es trenca. Cal tornar enrere […]
