Marcel - formato ePub

Helena, en el crepúsculo de su vida, se ha quedado sola. Su hija, su marido y su hermana han muerto, como el mundo burgués, feliz y burbujeante que desapareció con la Gran Guerra y que fue enterrado en...

The heartbreaking chronicle of an illness, written by a son graced with enormous literary talent.'My mother, a house that is slowly collapsing, a bridge dancing to a tremor.' It started when she could...

The debut novel by the great Flemish writer Erwin Mortier, Marcel vividly describes the history of a family in a Flemish village, bowed by the weight of history.Written from the point of view of a ten-year-old...

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In this story about love as second skin, Mortier remains true to the perspective of his dazzling debut, Marcel, looking at the world through the eyes of an observant and impressionable young boy, Anton....

Roman traduit du néerlandais (Belgique) par Marie HoogheUne très vieille femme, Helena, se remémore sa très longue vie, qu’elle consigne dans des cahiers que personne ne lira jamais. Les dialogues avec...

Roman traduit du néerlandais (Belgique) par Marie Hooghe Dans ce roman-miroir, Edgard Demont s’adresse à Matthew, son amant mais aussi l’époux de sa sœur Hélène, la narratrice de Sommeil des dieux. Ce...

Récit traduit du néerlandais par : Marie HoogheEn une succession de fragments, somptueux et simplissimes à la fois, Erwin Mortier décrit le processus de dégénérescence de sa mère (atteinte de la maladie...

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