The Tyrant - formato ePub

« Maintenant ce qui a été moi est libre De recevoir la vraie neige Ouverte à l’absence de moi Elu le voyageur qui chante Parce qu’il est attendu Mais plus heureux celui qui se perd Déjà sans corps sans...

« Un vieux fou est plus fou qu’un jeune fou, cela est admis, quoi dire alors du fou qui nous intéresse, lorsque l’enfermement comprime sa fureur jusqu’à la faire éclater en scènes sales ? » Quel est l’homme...

Un renard anticonformiste se rebelle contre l'engouement général. Il n'ira pas dans la lune. Prolongement possible : la conquête de l'espace et réfléxions sur le thème du rêve at de l'action. Une version...

Né à Payerne, gros bourg vaudois, Jacques Chessex avait huit ans quand les faits relatés dans ce livre ont eu lieu. Les faits ? Nous sommes en 1942, l’Europe est à feu et à sang, la Suisse quoique neutre...

Trente nouvelles où domine une menace : cruellement, ironiquement, de solitude en vie précaire, un univers se constitue, qui englue les personnages, les paralyse, les détruit. Qui les enferme, vivants,...

Qu'arrive-t-il à un couple très libre qui adopte un enfant, lorsque celui-ci se révèle comme un irréductible forcené ? C'est l'aventure que vont vivre le romancier Alexandre Dumur et sa femme en accueillant...

"Incarnata est musica" : la phrase est de Mozart, en marge de ses carnets. Mozart, que jalousait Antonio Salieri tout comme le narrateur du récit de Jacques Chessex jalouse le grand Ramuz (1878-1947)....

« Je suis figé au bord de la route, mon père s'est arrêté lui aussi, maintenant il vient sur moi, il me saisit durement par le bras, le chapeau est baissé sur les yeux, sur les lunettes, le col du manteau...

« Nous n'irons plus au bois Pleurez la belle récolte De seins mordus au bord des haies De lèvres mouillées à la tombe » Tout l'art poétique de Jacques Chessex est présent en une strophe : l'ironie...

Le poète se lève tôt. Chaque matin, à Ropraz où il habite face aux montagnes, le voit s'abandonner à l'exercice qui consiste à rassembler sa pensée en peu de mots : « Ainsi j'apprends à être rien / A...

Poète, essayiste, romancier, peintre, Jacques Chessex est l'auteur d'une oeuvre importante où l'on retient, entre autres, les romans suivants : L'Ogre (1973, Prix Goncourt, publié dans Les Cahiers Rouges),...

« Dans ces campagnes perdues une jeune fille est une étoile qui aimante les folies. Inceste et rumination, dans l'ombre célibataire, de la part charnelle à jamais convoitée et interdite. Sans répit déchiffrer...

Un vieil homme de soixante-quinze ans se souvient des ombres de sa jeunesse. L'été de 1760, Jean de Watteville, étudiant en théologie, passe les vacances chez son oncle dans le manoir d'Ussières, non...

Ecrivain fatigué et à court d'inspiration, Benoît Rouvre s'est retiré dans une maison solitaire à Valmont, Suisse. Au-dehors, un couple l'intrigue : lui, Benjamin Gousenberg, vieillard à l'oeil étincelant,...

Le petit François a la chance d'habiter à côté de la forêt. Il s'y promène avec ses parents. Un jour il décide de s'y promener tout seul. Découvertes, angoisses, et bonne rencontre de Rourou le renard...

Voici quatre-vingt-huit poèmes qui s'appellent, qui se répondent et longtemps se font écho sous un titre abrupt, mais éclairé par l'origine et par l'oeuvre de Jacques Chessex. Car ici règnent le sentiment...

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Unity Deep experiences and brief encounters from the past continue to influence and chart the path forward for the tense present and fragile future … in this final installment of the "First Contact" chapter...

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Madeline recognizes all the work Alice and Eliot do with crafting herbal medicine and toiletry items.

The next part of Akira's quest has begun to find someone who can help translate Ashleigh's expensive diary. Travelling with more people isn't as easy as it seems and if they can't solve the friction between...

The cameras are rolling again...The Iron Fiends have one goal: find Russ and put an end to it all. But their plans are thrown off course when a bold new production assistant shows up, determined to film...

The Road To Discovery is a story about a contemporary woman's life in Africa. It is a story of love, culture, education, disease, equality, and discovery. It is a mind-boggling look at the life of a barren...

For fans of Lower Decks, the Expanse, and Firefly: a found family time travel adventure with humor, snark, and lots of heart.One kickass immortal sailship captain.Captain Karenna Yilmaz of the Earth Union...

Crime never goes on holiday. Why should Irma?When a beloved Beaver Island local goes missing right before Christmas, retired British spy Irma Abercrombie finds herself in quite the pickle. Has there been...

Not all vampires are created equal...Sheriff Birdseed and Deputy Wyatt are two ordinary friends living in the small, idyllic town of Royal Lake. One evening, while responding to a complaint of strange...

A fragile mind, a whispering darkness, and a pact older than time—and a world where no one is safe from the gods' relentless grip.As a mother struggles to reclaim a sense of normalcy, eerie visions and...

Sometimes the love you aren't looking for is exactly the love you need Rachel Witherspoon is running away from her past to the only place she has left to go, her childhood home. In the small town of Red...

Will Christmas bring her safety—or lead danger straight to her door?Fleeing to the secluded beauty of Estes Park, Colorado, Tabitha Black is desperate for a quiet, hidden refuge—a place to escape the...

WHEN A YOUNG PATIENT DIES DURING SURGERY, Doctor Nora Kelly must answer to his grieving parents, a vengeful colleague, social media threats, and an ex-mentor engaged in dubious stem-cell therapies in...

Jenny Hershberger has returned to Apple Creek, the small Amish Village in Wayne County, Ohio, where she spent her childhood. She purchased her family home and hopes to find peace there.But then a horrific...

**Shadows of Resistance** is a poignant and gripping tale of moral conflict set during apartheid in South Africa. Thabo Mthembu, a black police officer in the Security Branch, struggles to balance his...

She's offering a family Christmas. But he wants to claim her heart.Della Connors is just trying to do right by her two children, Sean and Janie. Especially with Christmas right around the corner.She escaped...

Join the Hope family for part two of their adventures as missionaries when Missionary Aviation Assistance Program reassigns them from Nigeria to the Philippines. Fourteen-year-old Derek Hope is the most...

Devon Highbrand is a shady Appalachian sheriff, embroiled with local criminals. He uses the power of his badge to steal inheritances from county citizens. When he attempts to pull the same grift on a...

Anhedonia is a selection of new fiction, rarities, and poetry from Aiden Merchant, author of more than a hundred stories, including those found in Sickness is in Season, Documenting Dreadful Existences,...

Defeating the red queen could cost them everything. Alicia is a legacy witch. Certain expectations fall upon her shoulders. Just as she's accepted her fate, her grandmother gifts her with an enchanted...

From the moment Amelia met George, she was swept away by his mysterious charm. But just when she thought her fairytale had come true, fate dealt her a cruel hand. Now, at the young age of twenty, Amelia...

In the scandalous world of Regency England, where reputations are made and broken over the turn of a card, the Duke of Waverlyton reigns supreme. He is a notorious rake with a devilish charm and is accustomed...

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