Guy - Libros y biografía

Prendre Hegel au sérieux, c'est se rappeler son affirmation constante : La suprême activité de la pensée consiste à comprendre la pure idée de Dieu et à s'en rendre conscient. Dès sa jeunesse, avec ses...

La Malaisie, située au cœur de l’Asie du Sud-Est, bien souvent ignorée des grands circuits touristiques, est une des nations les plus riches de l’Extrême-Orient, puisqu’elle est devenue le premier producteur...

Un bébé, adopté au sortir de la guerre par un couple de cheminots du Mans, devient une petite provinciale heureuse et sans histoires. Christine fait un beau mariage, monte à Paris, conquiert la meilleure...

Ce livre à plusieurs voix interroge Marx sur la délicate question du droit et de la liberté. Comment la vigoureuse critique marxiste de la Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen est-elle compatible...

Etymologiquement, un mécène est un personnage qui consacre librement une part de sa vie et de ses moyens à la protection et à l’épanouissement de la vie artistique et littéraire. Dans cet ouvrage de la...

J'ai appris par une indiscrétion qu'on écrivait un livre sur vous ! – Plusieurs même ! fit Lacan ; il avait pris un peu d'altitude ; son ton hautain, légèrement agacé, s'entendit dans les battements dont...

De Jean-Marie Vianney, Mgr Bagnard dresse enquelques pages un portrait saisissant du saintCuré d'Ars.Emaillé de nombreuses citations et éclairé destémoignages du procès de béatification, ce portraitspirituel...

La philosophie politique de Hegel a-t-elle sa source dans la Révolution française? L'Etat hegelien ne serait-il pas plutôt l'apothéose de l'Etat prussien? « Copyright Electre »

Ce long poème évoque avec des mots très forts, dans un style sobre et direct les conséquences des décisions prises au Berghof, résidence bavaroise du Furher.Le poète, religieux dominicain, a su mettre...

Édition enrichie (Préface, notes et commentaires sur l'œuvre)Maupassant fut le meilleur élève de Flaubert. Ils étaient, tous deux, normands et réalistes. Les nouvelles de Maupassant : des instantanés...

Ce livre propose un parcours à travers l'histoire de la réflexion occidentale sur la religion, à partir du christianisme ancien en quête de son autodéfinition jusqu'aux précurseurs modernes de l'histoire...

"Beside Schopenhauer's Corpse" is often labelled one of Maupassant's "newspaper stories" that he indulged in between 1882 and 1887. The narrator meets a dying student of Schopenhauer's who is reading...

Guy de Maupassant's short story "The Night: A Nightmare" depicts a vivid portrayal of the streets of Paris. Our narrator roams the streets of the city after hours, embracing and explaining his love of...

Walter Schnaff is unlike the other soldiers in the Prussian army. While his brothers-in-arms advance through Normandy with the intent of subjugating the French and achieving victory, Walter is a pacifist...

Fun and intriguing stories are an integral part of every dinner party. In Paris, a man chats with friends after dinner and recounts the story of his recent visit to a brothel. After choosing a woman,...

"The Relic" is a love story in which Henry Fontal, a young man, writes to his old friend Abbe to help him in a very strange predicament. His engagement to Abbe's niece has collapsed due to a present he...

"The Question of Latin" follows the narrator and his memories of the olden days, when Father Piquedent used to teach him Latin. The two become friends, but soon the teacher reveals that he is not good...

Someone has stolen a big grey rabbit from under the mayor's nose, and suspicion immediately falls on the loafer Polyte. Mayor Lecacheur immediately sends the gendarmes to find the culprit, and feels that...

A drunkard and a brute, Patin's marriage to Désireé is an unhappy one. He leaves to go fishing one night during a terrible storm, and never returns. Désireé is convinced he has somehow managed to cheat...

Money gets you everywhere, it can even buy happiness - if you have enough. It is a fragile thing, though, and you must be careful what you do with it. When Mademoiselle Source, a wealthy woman who has...

When Jeanne's husband shaves off his mustache, she sees it as a vile, rebellious act committed specifically to upset her, and becomes impatient to embark on a journey of praising its virtues. Eroticism...

Just like Jack Nicholson's character in 'About Schmidt,' the narrator of 'A Recollection' is feeling useless.He feels, to quote Morrissey, that ´Everyday is Like Sunday.' To shake himself from his drudgery,...

Sir John Rowell's death is shrouded in mystery, and the judge who narrates his story essentially turns it into a scary campfire story. Elements of hunting, sea voyaging, and savagery make this story enticing...

Jean Summer is a famous painter. Although he is praised by a lot of people for his character, he deems his marriage to a young disabled woman to be a burden. He believes that he is shackled to her, doomed...

Madame de X. writes letters to Madame de L. - lots of letters. She writes about her relationship struggles, the difficulty of love, and most importantly, men. Madame de X. simply cannot believe their...

An aristocratic lady travels alone to picturesque Monaco, expecting a peaceful vacation. It turns into a place of horror for the woman, however, as she experiences something unspeakable at the artificial...

Laying the foundations for films such as 'Mother and Child,' starring Naomi Watts and Samuel L Jackson, 'Abandoned' packs a lot into a short space. As a younger woman, Madame de Cadour gave birth to an...

Set aboard a steamship sailing from Le Havre to Trouville, 'Discovery' is a short and funny story, with a moral tucked away in the dialogue.When the narrator meets his old friend, Henri Sidoine, the latter...

Laying the foundations for films, such as 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' starring Jack Nicholson, 'Bertha' is a study on mental illness.While the narrator visits his old friend, Dr Bonnet, the doctor...

A masterpiece in literary manipulation, 'A New Year's Gift' plays with our expectations while delivering a sobering dose of social commentary. We begin with Jacques, who is writing a letter to his sweetheart,...