The Last and the First - formato ePub

Une centaine de poèmes, sélectionnés par Nina Berberova avant sa mort, précédés d’extraits de son autobiographie

Alexandre Blok, avant de mourir en 1921, avait formé le projet de quitter l’URSS. Un an plus tard, Nina Berberova partait pour l’Ouest. La coïncidence est révélatrice. Ce livre qu’elle écrivit en...

Des contes qui mettent en scène "l'après-Billancourt", au moment où la dépression ébranle encore une fois le petit monde de l'exil qui avait commencé à s'organiser autour des usines Renault.

Fuyant les bolcheviks, le jeune Zoïa se réfugie dans une pension dont l'expulse la méfiance de la petite communauté qui l'habite.

En poussant la porte du château de Roquenval, c'est le tombeau de la vieille Russie que le narrateur a entrouvert.

A l’occasion du centenaire de Nina Berberova (née le 8 août 1901), voici enfin publié son premier roman, qui raconte l’histoire d’émigrés russes installés en Provence pour y vivre de l’agriculture. On...

Trois sœurs au destin tragique sont prises en tenaille par le destin entre les deux guerres mondiales. Un grand inédit dans la meilleure manière de Berberova !

Un homme s’installe au dix-huitième étage d’un gratte-ciel qui se révèle bientôt être, à lui seul, un monde reflétant l’univers qui l’entoure. Un écho saisissant de la découverte de New York par Berberova.

Lui, un ancien de la Garde impériale, sert le caviar et le chambertin dans un restaurant de l'Alma. Elle, fille de fonctionnaires pétersbourgeois, ambitieuse et irrésolue, s'enfonce inexorablement dans...

En 1923 à Paris, un jeune homme se suicide dans une chambre d'hôtel. Très émue, son amie d'enfance dévide le fil du souvenir pour évoquer ce violoniste pétersbourgeois.

Le dernier roman qu'ait écrit Nina Berberova (mais non le dernier à paraître), où elle évoque de la manière la plus achevée le désespérance de l'émigration.

Les Allemands sont sur le point d'entrer à Paris. Des émigrés russes rêvent. S'il en avaient le pouvoir que feraient-ils revivre? Mozart, dit l'un d'eux.

La guerre sépare un couple. En Suède, plus tard, elle retrouve son amant marié. Et le roseau se révolte...

Démarcheur d'assurances, Astachev parle de la vie et de mort aux immigrés qu'il fréquente. Les uns l'éconduisent, les autres pensent au Jugement dernier, une autre ouvre le robinet du gaz.

En trois journées cauchemardesques, la quête du loisir et du bonheur dans un univers surpeuplé, futuriste, où le rentabilisme est poussé à l'absurde.

Cette biographie de Borodine, Nina Berberova l'a écrite en 1937. C'était alors le temps des fameux "petits" romans découverts depuis peu, et la vie du musicien nous est ici contée dans le même style,...

Knives Out gets a holiday rom-com twist in this rivals-to-lovers romance-mystery from New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter.The bridge is out. The phones are down. And the most famous mystery...

Opposites attract in this romantic comedy, "as hilarious as it is heartwarming," about feeling stuck, the importance of friendship, and learning to open your heart. (Falon Ballard, author of Right on...

A father and son, long-estranged, fight to win a fishing competition together—and lose the pain that’s kept them apart.It’s 1976, and William McKay is at the top of his game. He’s taken over the family...

Artist Gabby Wolfe has the ability to see not only the beauty of the living but the despair of the dead. When she returns to her childhood home in Henry Park Colorado, she is forced to bring along her...

One year ago, the world as we knew it ended. The Kessler Effect turned the skies into a deadly graveyard, sending all lower orbital satellites crashing back to Earth. Now, the once-vibrant town of Alpine...

The Conroicht have not fallen as the legends say and I have found myself in a union with their King.  Though I am the Queen of Shadows and Wolves, King Aeron of Krigare still plagues my life.  Is Uncle...

One sensational love story. American journalist Ethan Fletcher traversed the globe to claim his late uncle's Fleet Street print shop, only to find his unexpected inheritance is shackled by ruinous debt....

This is a collection of the first 9 books in the Springwood series.It Was Always YouZane & Zoë: unrequited love, small town romance, ex-military, friends to lovers, return to home townDrunk on YouCade...

The Metagalactic Grand Prix - part gladiatorial contest, part beauty pageant, part concert extravaganza, and part continuation of the wars of the past - returns, and the fate of the Earth is once again...

A high-voltage lightning strike transforms an ordinary robot vacuum cleaner into a formidable crime-fighting machine with a touch of old-school justice. Infused with the spirit of Eliot Ness and his legendary...

The Boogeyman is waiting to tuck you in… Rachel's parents have a simple rule: five hours of sleep. No more, no less. But after six months of this "simple" schedule, Rachel's exhausted mind plays tricks...

A thrilling adventure based on the hit television series Star Trek: Picard. Star Trek: No Man’s Land picks up right after the action-packed season one conclusion of Star Trek: Picard. While Raffi and...

"epic in scope...charming and fun...well-researched, historical adventure." —Kirkus"very interesting...incredible story!" —NetGalley reviewerA mountainous thundering bull breaks up battling tribesmen,...

Embark on a journey to 1930s California in Ginny Kubitz Moyer’s spellbinding historical novel in which a woman must choose between friendship and her own secrets.It’s 1938, and twenty-five-year-old secretary...

Spy-in-training Riley Forte faces off against a lethal criminal mastermind in this white-knuckle sequel to the explosive thriller, Nocturne In Ashes. Recruited by an elite, under-the-radar security firm,...

The author of New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club pick Lucky returns with a spellbinding story of rock ‘n’ roll and star-crossed love—about grunge-era musician Jane Pyre’s journey to find...

Deep beneath the desert town of Peridot, something evil lurks. Werewolf detective Colton Fen is used to strange mysteries, but when he arrives in Peridot on his latest assignment, he's less than pleased...

A standalone darkly humorous thriller set in modern America's age of anxiety, by New York Times bestselling author Jason ParginOutside Los Angeles, a driver pulls up to find a young woman sitting on a...

A collection of eight stories, Digital Extremities shines a spotlight on ordinary people in a callous yet hopeful future. Set across small towns and remote islands, where neon flickers against old buildings...

Curvy Girl Short and Steamy Billionaire Boss Holiday RomanceShe's all sunshine and giving heart. His pockets are loaded, but his heart is empty. Will they make a home for the holidays, or will their differences...

After a scandalous arrest in San Francisco, Carissa Carmichael has moved back to her small Southern California hometown to start over as she opens her Aromatherapy Apothecary shop and reflexology services....

A Wish...At twenty years old, Skyla had aged out of the orphanage. She knew that she didn't want to stay living in her pathetic poor town as a beggar on the streets. When she was a child, a storyteller...

Hope surged through Macalister Fontaine as he clicked the arriving message from the match-making agency, opening the missive to see his latest match. A woman, in trouble, who inherited a farm, right in...

The Agency kept werewolves out of Washington D.C. for over 200 years – then Geoff Cooper and his pack showed up. Despite The Agency's best efforts, Cooper and his wolves were intractable, and its mission...

Three stories set on Arkhide, bundled together for the first time! These are character-driven space opera stories, more interested in people and ideas than action--though there is plenty of fun action!...

"Fine, I have premature evocaculation. Happy now?" the gnome sighs."Premature… what's that?" Wilhilm asks. He has never heard of anything like that before."Premature evocaculation. It means, I release...

A Most Anticipated Book from: New York Times * People* Associated Press * Time * Saturday Evening Post * Real Simple * Book Bub * Alta * Chicago TribuneFrom New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg...

In this thrilling, action-packed fourth installment in the Planetside series from acclaimed science fiction author Michael Mammay, retired Colonel Carl Butler gears up for another military investigation,...

As a member of the Air One Rescue team, pilot London Brooks has built a new life—one far away from her clandestine past as an operative tasked to take down a branch of Russian terrorists. She has no desire...

"Dotson's sentences crackle on every page and are infused with a joy and love for the region and its people. This heartbreaking and tender debut is not to be missed." —Sybil Baker, author of Apparitions  Truth...