Ficción - Literatura en otros idiomas

'Kité Moi est née en l'an zéro à Annapeste (capitale de la Molnarie), vit et travaille dans la région paradisienne (Trance) depuis 28 et dans Paradis même (capitale de la Trance) depuis 45. Le 12 bal...

La sensation de ne pas «être au monde» ne suppose pas qu'il y ait un autre monde, dont nous aurions la nostalgie ou le désir. C'est simplement le prix que nous payons pour parler. Car, parlant, nous tenons...

«C'est aussi simple que ça on écrit très peu pour soi on écrit pour ses enfants et ses amis on écrit pour quelqu'un qui n'existe pas on aimerait vivre comme ça avec tous ceux qu'on aime et qui n'existent...

Les deux anesthésistes chinois ont minutieusement préparé le corps du patient, mais ce dernier passe de vie à trépas quelques instants plus tard. Le pays où il échoit est étrange à plus d'un titre : la...

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

Dans le Testament d’Orphée, Jean Cocteau croise son double sous les voûtes de la Rue Obscure, à Villefranche. — Il a fait semblant de ne pas me voir. — Vous avez assez crié partout que si vous le rencontriez,...

Je commence mes Mémoires en 1834. C'est la date où mon grand-père maternel Eustache Ménard, libraire-éditeur, acquit les matériaux de démolition de la chapelle de Cluny, place de la Sorbonne, et fit bâtir...

Cette étude, qui tente d’explorer l’imaginaire à l’œuvre dans le récit libertin galant du XVIIIe siècle, montre que la scène mondaine est dominée par deux types de séducteurs : le purement hédoniste et...

An entire world falls to war.A young man watches helplessly as his sister is eaten by a giant demon right before his eyes. He narrowly escapes death himself; buoyed by the current of a corpse-filled canal,...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE KIND WORTH KILLING 'A killer read with twist after twist!' JANICE HALLETT'A typically shape-shifting psychological thriller.' THE TIMES 'So many great...

Sam Bonham—bad husband, deadbeat dad, and possible criminal on the run from the law—wanders out of modern-day East Texas into an ersatz Wild West boomtown created for a movie that never happened.  And...

The Fatigue Artist is a refreshingly candid story about life, love, and survival in the contemporary world. A writer living in New York City, Laura is overwhelmed by a mysterious lethargy and retreats...

In the wake of the Dreyfus Affair, the murder of two Jews in Nancy reveals the darker side of human nature.In the wake of the Vernet murders in Aix-en-Provence, magistrate Bernard Martin moves to the...

In the backwoods of Mississippi, a land of honeysuckle and grapevine, Jewel and her husband, Leston, are truly blessed; they have five fine children. When Brenda Kay is born in 1943, Jewel gives thanks...

Vernon L. Oliver, still a young man, lives in a six-by-ten cell in a Florida prison. He has chosen the needle over the chair, has no desire to smell burned flesh on the day the state snuffs out his life. When...

[This edition is in Bulgarian.] The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway’s most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his...

A timely and captivating novel about a mother whose life spirals out of control when she descends into alcoholism, and her battle to get sober and regain custody of her beloved son.Cadence didn’t sit...

The second book in an epic fantasy series featuring “an inspired new world where unexpected plot twists bedevil strong, clearly visualized characters, in a story that glints with intelligence and hums...

Who killed twenty-four-year-old Priscilla Hart? This highly motivated, idealistic American student had come to India to volunteer in women’s health programs, but had her work made a killer out of an enraged...

Ursula Hegi returns with a luminous epic of a bicultural family filled with passion and aspirations, tragedy, and redemption.At the beginning of the twentieth century, Stefan Blau, whom readers will remember...

Deputy Sheriff Claire Watkins is back, in this tragic, personal follow up to Poison Heart. Claire’s daughter Meg is struggling with depression - after an all-night high school Halloween party, Meg’s best...

Two Women, Two Murders . . . A stunning and suspenseful story of families, betrayal, and a community divided.Nothing is ever quite at peace on Scotland’s Black Isle—the Traveling people are forever at...

She is a healer, a storyteller, and a warrior. When Britain is faced with threats both old and new, the strength of her love may be the kingdom’s downfall . . . or salvation. Their love has overcome endless...

Monster Stalks NYC When a local drunk is mugged near the toxic Gowanus Canal by “a hulking, hairy beast who smells really bad,” Hank Kalabander thinks nothing of blaming the assault on the legendary Bigfoot....

One of the Nobel Prize Winners in Literature Ideal for fans of Chinese Playground, We Are Party People, Death of Me, Skate with Me, A Farmer’s Life for Me, and similar works Written by today’s most...

A sweeping novel that follows a mother and daughter through post-WWII Ireland and London, demonstrating that family bonds can never be broken.

In his latest novel, Mo Yan—arguably China’s most important contemporary literary voice—recreates the historical sweep and earthy exuberance of his much acclaimed novel Red Sorghum. In a country where...

What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done? “There are some truths so terrible that they should not be spoken aloud, so appalling that even to acknowledge them is to risk sacrificing a crucial part of one’s...

Set in Norway in the mid-nineteenth century, Dina’s Book presents a beautiful, eccentric, and tempestuous heroine who carries a terrible burden: at the age of five she accidentally caused her mother’s...