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Cobardía Con el petate a cuestas La maquilladora Charles Marie Georges Huysmans, más conocido como Joris-Karl Huysmans (París, 1848 - ibídem, 1907), fue un escritor francés. Los trabajos de Huysmans...

A la deriva es la aventura de Jean Folantin, un "Ulises de las tabernas", en palabras de Maupassant, abocado a deambular aburrido por el París decadente de fin de siglo, donde no encuentra "más que mujerzuelas,...

Marthe connaît de vagues gloires et de terribles chutes : ouvrière dans un atelier de fausses perles, elle se prostitue, devient vedette du théâtre Bobino, subit les exigences d’un patron jaloux, découvre...

QUESTO LIBRO E' A LAYOUT FISSO Definito dai critici il Manifesto del Decadentismo, questo romanzo rispecchia il sentire disgustato di tanti intellettuali europei di fronte alla nascente società industriale,...

A en juger par les quelques portraits conservés au château de Lourps, la famille des Floressas des Esseintes avait été, au temps jadis, composée d'athlétiques soudards, de rébarbatifs reîtres. Serrés,...

*** Cet ebook est optimisé pour la lecture numérique *** Précédé d’une introduction sur la vie et l’oeuvre de Joris Karl Huysmans, cet recueil de prières et de réflexions se compose de quatre parties...

Ist es dem Menschen möglich, sich - von Zeit und Zeitgenossen enttäuscht - völlig in die eigene Welt zurückziehen, sofern er die nötigen finanziellen Mittel dazu hat? Joris-Karl Huysmans gelingt es mit...

Ses personnages sont des héros à la triste figure : soldat égaré (Sac au dos), petit fonctionnaire errant dans les gargotes de la rive gauche (À vau-l'eau)...

Une fille-mère dérange toujours et n'a pas sa place dans les familles bien-pensantes. La pingrerie maladive du notaire explose dans ce dilemme qui place une femme devant les deux seules positions que...

French novelist Joris-Karl Huysmans is most famous for the novel À rebours (Against Nature). His style is remarkable for its idiosyncratic use of the French language, wide-ranging vocabulary, wealth of...

In 'Against the Grain' by Joris-Karl Huysmans, readers are taken on a deep dive into the life of an eccentric aesthete who rejects societal norms and embraces a life of decadence and indulgence. The novel...

Joris-Karl Huysmans' 'Against the Grain' is a masterpiece of decadent literature, depicting the life of an eccentric protagonist who rejects societal norms and pursues a life of sensual indulgence and...

L'antihéros, Jean des Esseintes, après une vie agitée pendant laquelle il a fait l'expérience de tout ce que pouvait lui offrir la société de son temps, se retire dans un pavillon, à Fontenay-aux-Roses,...

Une fille-mère dérange toujours et n'a pas sa place dans les familles bien-pensantes. La pingrerie maladive du notaire explose dans ce dilemme qui place une femme devant les deux seules positions que...

Ses personnages sont des héros à la triste figure : soldat égaré (Sac au dos), petit fonctionnaire errant dans les gargotes de la rive gauche (À vau-l'eau)...

Joris-Karl Huysmans: Gegen den Strich Neu editierte 2021er Ausgabe, mit erklärenden Fußnoten Überdrüssig des ausschweifenden Pariser Lebens begibt sich der spleenige Jean des Esseintes ins selbstgewählte...

-THE DOUBLE- centers on a government clerk who goes mad. It deals with the internal psychological struggle of its main character, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, who repeatedly encounters someone who is his...

Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in December 1815, about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character, Emma Woodhouse, is described in the opening paragraph as "handsome,...

'Truly unnerving' Jane Bailey'I raced through it in little more than a single session' 5* Reader Review They said a mother knows best and I believed them. Was I wrong? It is supposed to be a dream. James...

Upon being arrested for the gruesome murder of her father, all college student Kanna Hijiriyama tells the police is, "It's up to you to find the motive." Amidst the media frenzy about the woman "too beautiful...

17. yüzyıl İspanya'sında edebiyat düşkünü bir maceraperest; günümüzdeyse klasikleşmiş bir yazar: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. İspanyol donanmasına katılıp Kıbrıs'ta, İnebahtı'da, Tunus'ta, Navarin'de...

Agatha Christie meets Julie Caplin in this exciting new cosy crime series that captures the glamour of the 1930s with the gorgeous escapist destinations! November 1930....

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES 'Clavell never puts a foot wrong . . . Get it, read it, you'll enjoy it mightily' DAILY MIRRORThis is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne,...

*A Short History of the Apocalypse: your comprehensive guide to the challenges of Armageddon*Join Frankie Boyle (Saturday Night Swindle; Celebrity Vengeance) and Charlie Skelton (head writer: Ad Naseum;...

THE ONLY WAY TO SURVIVE...IS IF SOMEONE CONFESSES TO MURDER.***GUARDIAN CRIME AND THRILLERS OF THE MONTH***'Fiendishly clever and impossible to put down' SHARI LAPENA'Writes with his foot pressed hard...

She'll save Christmas just to spite him...There's only one thing standing in the way of Cat King saving a small town's Christmas festival: Grumpy town manager Noah Yates.Single dad Noah takes his responsibilities...

If you were given the opportunity to disappear and start your life again, would you take it?Paris 1933. Four people's lives are dramatically torn apart by a single terrifying event. Two days before Christmas...

A child who will be named Johannes is born. An old man named Johannes dies. Between these two points, Jon Fosse gives us the details of an entire life, starkly compressed. Beginning with Johannes's father's...

'This sleek ride of a novel further cements Phillips's position as one of our most profound writers of speculative fiction.' New York Times In a hot and gritty city populated by super-intelligent robots...

ONE WAY IN. NO WAY OUT.'Deaf teenager goes missing in Esseberg. Mountain rescue are launching a search party but conditions hinder their efforts. The tunnel is being kept open all night as an exception.'When...

'Once I started I just did not want to stop. So atmospheric and written in such a way I felt like I was truly there transported back in time living it all... A highly thrilling, fast paced and totally...

AN IMPOSSIBLE LOVE. AN ENCHANGED LEGACY. A DANGEROUS DISCOVERY.The stunning conclusion to Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling What the River Knows. A lush immersive historical fantasy set in Egypt...

THERE'S A PUZZLING MYSTERY WHEN A BELOVED PUB BURNS DOWN...BUT LIBBY SARJEANT IS ON THE CASE.After learning of a suspicious attempt to burn down a beloved old pub, The Crooked Horse, amateur detective...

THE PITCH-BLACK REDISCOVERED CLASSIC OF 2024 From the Booker-shortlisted author of Great Granny Webster, this twisted modern classic is perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson and Celia Dale. 'One of the...

The first book in the New York Times bestselling series with over ten million copies in print! ‘Terrifyingly fun! Max Brallier’s The Last Kids on Earth delivers big thrills...

WHAT YOU WERE FIGHTING FOR is a wonderful collection of short stories that provokes the mind with its weird and intriguing tales. We catch glimpses of worlds that are similar to our own, but always different...

'OMG this book is so tense! I couldn't stop reading!' Lauren North'Totally gripping . . . I absolutely loved it!' Lisa Timoney A twisty, addictive page-turner about marriage, secrets and betrayal - perfect...

In this smart and swoony adventure rom-com, a journalist and a movie star find themselves teaming up to cover up a murder... What could possibly go wrong?When freelance journalist Khin Haymar is assigned...

A cold case returns to haunt Blix, as a cold-blooded killer taunts him with evidence of further victims, while Ramm investigates a murder with no body… Blockbuster, explosive Nordic Noir.`Contemporary...

'So much fun!' KATIE FFORDEIla has her pride. And she's about to discover just how much trouble that can be... It's 1976 and in the Vile Parle suburb of Mumbai, bastion of the Maharashtrian middle-class,...

Christmas is just around the corner, and Ronja and Melissa's father is out of work. When ten-year-old Ronja hears about a job selling Christmas trees, she thinks it might be the stroke of luck they all...

A new job. A new home. A new start.It's all Anna wants.But in a closed rural community, strange traditions and a suspicion of outsiders mean everything is not as it seems. Three teenage girls have vanished...

Follow the bank of the Koitogawa river until you reach the beach. From there a path of white seashells will lead you to the Chibineko Kitchen. Step inside, they'll be expecting you. These are the directions...

On a cold winter evening in a secluded fjord in Iceland, a neighbour visits the house of a family that has not been seen in a week. No one comes to the door when he knocks. After breaking down the back...

THE BRAND NEW FESTIVE ROMANCE FROM ISLA GORDONSIX PASSENGERS . . . When six ex-friends are invited to a winter wedding in Canada, the last thing they want is a reunion. But bride-to-be Bryn is desperate,...

Anna is on the brink of losing it all when she is handed the career opportunity of a lifetime - working as a ghostwriter for charismatic neuroscientist Nate. Nate's work at the mysterious Pain Laboratory...