«Urban Cycling»: From the BMX to the Fixie, the must-have book by Laurant Belando
City cycling is on the up all over the world, and this stylish book is the perfect celebration of its growing popularity. With beautiful photography and street-style profiles of cyclists of all walks of life. «Urban Cycling» is a fascinating study of the […]
I Malavoglia: il gran classico che ricerca sulla pagina il miraggio della felicità, firmato Giovanni Verga
Sullo sfondo aspro e selvaggio della Sicilia dell’Ottocento, la storia dolente dell’umile famiglia di pescatori di Aci Trezza. Al centro della narrazione sta il naufragio della »Provvidenza», la più vecchia barca da pesca del villaggio, carica di lupini presi a […]
«The Mother of All Questions»: One of the most intelligent feminist essay collections by Rebeca Solnit
Rebeca Solnit es dirigeix a aquelles dones que no volen callar. Que es neguen a la misogínia, a la diferència de gènere i als escàndols de les violacions. Amb el seu estil caracteristic, Rebeca Solnit, barreja humor, anàlisis profundes i pensaments […]
«Avant l’aube», un polar bien noir, mêlant intrigues policières et politique signé par Xavier Boissel
Paris 1966. L’inspector Philippe Marlin viu tranquil·lament al barri de Batignolles amb el seu gat, la musica jazz, el whisky i els fantasmes que poblen les seves nits. Fins que una nit es troba el cadàver mutilat d’una dona per la «Petite […]
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy : A Brief History of Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis
Perquè tanta desigualtat? En aquest llibre intim i accessible, Yanis Varoufakis intenta respondre a les preguntes de la seva filla Xenia. Dibuixant els rècords de la seva infantesa i analitzant històries famoses, des de Edip a Faust, des de Frankestein […]
Uncommon Type: A collection of pleasant, though unremarkable, stories by Tom Hanks.
This is a collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor.
A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City. Just after his family and his life have been torn […]
«Camping-car»: Un sublime roman signé par Sophie Brocas.
Trois jeunes sexagénaires décident de faire une virée en camping-car. Malgré une longue amitié et une confiance mutuelle indéfectible, des non-dits se sont installés entre eux. Mais au fil de la route et de quelques péripéties cocasses, les langues vont se délier et l’humour ramener chaque chose à […]
«The Last London»: True Fictions from an Unreal City by Iain Siclair
Iain Sinclair has been documenting the peculiar magic of the river-city that absorbs and obsesses him for most of his adult life. In The Last London, he strikes out on a series of solitary walks and collaborative expeditions to make a final reckoning with a […]
«Vernon Subutex»: Magistral et Fulgurant. Une oeuvre d’art signée Virginie Despentes.
Alex Bleach, une star de la musique, vient de mourir. Overdose dans la baignoire. Coup dur pour ses fans et pour Vernon Subutex. Ce n’est pas seulement un ami qu’il vient de perdre mais aussi celui qui paie son loyer depuis plusieurs mois. Dorénavant, le […]
«Women and Power»: A modern feminist classic by Mary Beard
Why the popular resonance of ‘mansplaining’ (despite the intense dislike of the term felt by many men)?
It hits home for us because it points straight to what it feels like not to be taken seriously. A bit like when I get lectured on Roman history […]
