Was haben ein Geograf in den Schweizer Alpen, ein Eimer Wandfarbe, eine hochn‰sige Katze und ein Paar beim Segeln von Bremerhaven nach Lissabon gemeinsam?
Les enfants des rues forment une véritable famille unie, s’entraidant pour surmonter les épreuves de leur quotidien : « Ces gosses ont appris à se débrouiller seuls et à voler de leurs propres ailes en ne comptant que sur leurs efforts et leur volonté pour améliorer leur situation.
Dans un petit village du Sénégal, Ndem, vit une communauté soufie ouverte et accueillante, dirigée par Serigne Babacar Mbow, un homme profondément humain, un grand spirituel, dont le rayonnement est source d’unité et de fraternité.
I was writing to her, so that she would know me not as this old person whose joints creaked when he rose from a chair, but as the real Pericles: the man who dreamt, deceived, envied, loved…
Pericles Drakos has lived in the exquisite Circle Building for all of his seventy-five years.
'A book to chew on and savour, a deft delve into the intricacies of love and art'Chicago Review of Books'The narrative scatters the quiet beauty of human connection like constellations'Kyung-sook Shin, author Please Look After Mom and Violets'[A] strange, dark, lovely novel' Lit Hub____________________'If you wanted to end your life instantly, perfectly, you needed practice and preparation.
L’auteur relate dans une fiction bouleversante le combat d’un médecin atteint d’une maladie incurable dont il connaît l’évolution rapide qui devrait le plonger dans la dépendance et peut-être la démence.
Inspired by a prose text that describes the somewhat unusual exercise of a drama student, Franzi devises a new exercise course for the now flourishing fitness studio: sex without words.
Considered one of the greatest American writers, Herman Melville leaves the sea behind in this short story collection to write about Wall Street offices, the Galapagos Islands, a sinister architect, apathy, capitalism, and humanity's precarious nature.
'Captivating from the first sentence' Woman and Home'Vivid and precise, deliciously cool-eyed, immensely readable' Jonathan Franzen'Beautiful, superbly told .
TRIPTYCH-a Mystery (Part 1-The Painting) deals with a well known biblical figure during several incarnations through which he finally achieves complete self awareness and self-acceptance.
First published in 1722, this unabridged edition of Daniel Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year covers events in London, England, in 1665 as the bubonic plague spread throughout the city.
The eccentric Professor Challenger leads a scientific expedition deep into the Brazilian rain forest, joined by newspaper reporter Edward Malone, biologist Professor Summerlee, and adventurer Lord John Roxton.
Esta novela, la primera de la reconocida antropologa y Premio Nacional de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales, Sonia Montecino, es un brote particular en la literatura chilena.
