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Demon Copperhead

A Novel

by Barbara Kingsolver ...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONNew York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21**st** Century • An Oprah’s Book Club Selection • An Instant New York Times Bestseller • An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller • A #1 Washington Post Bestseller • A New York Times "Ten Best Books of the Year""Demo... ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONNew York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21**st** Century • An Oprah’s Book Club Selection • An Instant New York Times Bestseller • An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller • A #1 Washington Post Bestseller • A New York Times "Ten Best Books of the Year""Demo...
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The Thurber Carnival

by James Thurber ...

"An authentic American genius . . . Mr. Thurber belongs in the great lines of American humorists that includes Mark Twain and Ring Lardner." — The Philadelphia InquirerJames Thurber's unique ability to convey the vagaries of life in a funny, witty, and often satirical way earned him accolades as one of the finest humorists of the twentieth century. A bestseller upon its initial publication in 1945 ... Read more

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"An authentic American genius . . . Mr. Thurber belongs in the great lines of American humorists that includes Mark Twain and Ring Lardner." — The Philadelphia InquirerJames Thurber's unique ability to convey the vagaries of life in a funny, witty, and often satirical way earned him accolades as one of the finest humorists of the twentieth century. A bestseller upon its initial publication in 1945
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The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway ...

The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953, and the year after, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Ernest Hemingway in 1954. It was the last major work of fiction written by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works, this short novel is already a modern classic. It is the superbly told, tragic story of Santiago, an ... Read more

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The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953, and the year after, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Ernest Hemingway in 1954. It was the last major work of fiction written by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works, this short novel is already a modern classic. It is the superbly told, tragic story of Santiago, an
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100 Books You Must Read Before You Die - volume 1 [newly updated] [The Great Gatsby, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Count of Monte Cristo, Les Misérables, etc] (Book House Publishing)

by Lewis Carroll, Victor Hugo, George Eliot, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Theodore Dreiser, Charlotte Brontë, Homer, Emily Brontë, Radclyffe Hall, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Alexandre Dumas, Miguel de Cervantes, Arthur Conan Doyle, F. Scott Fitzgerald ...

Series series The Greatest Writers of All Time
This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that ... Read more

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This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that
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Jane Austen: The Complete Novels

by Jane Austen ...

This ebook compiles Jane Austen's complete novels, including "Sense and Sensibility", "Persuasion", "Pride and Prejudice", "Emma" and "Mansfield Park". This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you ... Read more

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This ebook compiles Jane Austen's complete novels, including "Sense and Sensibility", "Persuasion", "Pride and Prejudice", "Emma" and "Mansfield Park". This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you
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Le Plus Bel été - Nouveauté - Best-seller de l'été - La reine du roman de plage

by Elin Hilderbrand ...

Translated by Alice Delarbre ...

Des fêtes étourdissantes, un incendie destructeur et une disparition troublante : l'été sera mouvementé sur l'île de Nantucket.Lorsque les Richardson, un couple richissime et mystérieux, achètent une maison à 22 millions de dollars, les passions se déchaînent sur l'île de Nantucket. Qui sont-ils ? D'où vient leur argent ? Leurs fêtes tapageuses fascinent autant qu'elles dérangent. Leur fortune ... Read more

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Des fêtes étourdissantes, un incendie destructeur et une disparition troublante : l'été sera mouvementé sur l'île de Nantucket.Lorsque les Richardson, un couple richissime et mystérieux, achètent une maison à 22 millions de dollars, les passions se déchaînent sur l'île de Nantucket. Qui sont-ils ? D'où vient leur argent ? Leurs fêtes tapageuses fascinent autant qu'elles dérangent. Leur fortune
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Le Calamity Club

by Kathryn Stockett ...

Translated by Laura Satz ...

Series series Pavillons
Après plus de 15 ans d'absence et 15 millions d'exemplaires vendus dans le monde, le grand retour de Kathryn Stockett, l'autrice de La Couleur des sentiments. Bienvenue dans Le Calamity Club, une histoire de résilience et d'amitié où la solidarité féminine n'a d'égale que la soif de justice et de liberté." Si on donne à une fille une bouffée d'air frais et qu'ensuite on la lui reprend, elle se ... Read more

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Après plus de 15 ans d'absence et 15 millions d'exemplaires vendus dans le monde, le grand retour de Kathryn Stockett, l'autrice de La Couleur des sentiments. Bienvenue dans Le Calamity Club, une histoire de résilience et d'amitié où la solidarité féminine n'a d'égale que la soif de justice et de liberté." Si on donne à une fille une bouffée d'air frais et qu'ensuite on la lui reprend, elle se
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The Road to Wigan Pier

by George Orwell ...

Orwell's graphically unforgettable descriptions of social injustice, cramped slum housing, dangerous mining conditions, squalor, hunger and growing unemployment are written with unblinking honesty, fury and great humanity. It crystallized the ideas that would be found in his later works and novels, and remains a powerful portrait of poverty, injustice and class divisions in Britain. ... Read more

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Orwell's graphically unforgettable descriptions of social injustice, cramped slum housing, dangerous mining conditions, squalor, hunger and growing unemployment are written with unblinking honesty, fury and great humanity. It crystallized the ideas that would be found in his later works and novels, and remains a powerful portrait of poverty, injustice and class divisions in Britain.
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Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda

The Love Letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald

by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zelda Fitzgerald ...

**“Pure and lovely…to read Zelda’s letters is to fall in love with her.” —**The Washington PostEdited by renowned Fitzgerald scholars Jackson R. Bryer and Cathy W. Barks, with an introduction by Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's granddaughter, Eleanor Lanahan, this compilation of over three hundred love letters tells the couple's epic love story in their own words.Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion ... Read more

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**“Pure and lovely…to read Zelda’s letters is to fall in love with her.” —**The Washington PostEdited by renowned Fitzgerald scholars Jackson R. Bryer and Cathy W. Barks, with an introduction by Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's granddaughter, Eleanor Lanahan, this compilation of over three hundred love letters tells the couple's epic love story in their own words.Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion
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Les Secrets de cuisine de Mrs Quinn - Feel-good - Cosy

Translated by Emmanuelle Aronson ...

by Olivia Ford ...

Un roman délicieux et réconfortant qui célèbre l'amour à travers le temps et qui prouve que les rêves peuvent se réaliser à tout moment.Jenny a 77 ans, un mari aimant... et un rêve à réaliser. Passionnée de pâtisserie, elle envoie en secret sa candidature à une émission culinaire populaire. Et elle est retenue !Devant les caméras, Jenny prend son envol. Mais le stress de la compétition réveille ... Read more

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Un roman délicieux et réconfortant qui célèbre l'amour à travers le temps et qui prouve que les rêves peuvent se réaliser à tout moment.Jenny a 77 ans, un mari aimant... et un rêve à réaliser. Passionnée de pâtisserie, elle envoie en secret sa candidature à une émission culinaire populaire. Et elle est retenue !Devant les caméras, Jenny prend son envol. Mais le stress de la compétition réveille
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Ainsi résonne l'écho infini des montagnes

by Khaled Hosseini ...

Translated by Valérie Bourgeois ...

Series series Littérature étrangère
Après l'extraordinaire succès des Cerfs-volants de Kaboul et de Mille Soleils splendides, l'événement Khaled Hosseini. D'un village afghan des années 1950 à la Californie des années 2000, en passant par Kaboul sous les talibans, le Paris des seventies et une petite île perdue de l'archipel grec, une fresque familiale renversante d'émotion, d'une ampleur et d'une audace inouïes.Dans le village de ... Read more

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Après l'extraordinaire succès des Cerfs-volants de Kaboul et de Mille Soleils splendides, l'événement Khaled Hosseini. D'un village afghan des années 1950 à la Californie des années 2000, en passant par Kaboul sous les talibans, le Paris des seventies et une petite île perdue de l'archipel grec, une fresque familiale renversante d'émotion, d'une ampleur et d'une audace inouïes.Dans le village de
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The Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated) (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. 5 novels, 440+ short stories, classic poems, history and memoirs from British India (Illustrated)

by Rudyard Kipling, Garrett Valeford ...

The Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated) gathers the extraordinary range of Kipling's fiction, poetry, and occasional prose, presenting a literary career that moves from the Indian cantonment and colonial newsroom to the mythic jungle, the sea, the schoolroom, and the imperial frontier. Its style is unmistakably vigorous: compressed, rhythmic, idiomatic, and alert to dialect, technical ... Read more

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The Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated) gathers the extraordinary range of Kipling's fiction, poetry, and occasional prose, presenting a literary career that moves from the Indian cantonment and colonial newsroom to the mythic jungle, the sea, the schoolroom, and the imperial frontier. Its style is unmistakably vigorous: compressed, rhythmic, idiomatic, and alert to dialect, technical
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays: First and Second Series

A Library of America Paperback Classic

by Ralph Waldo Emerson ...

A compilation of the best essays written by the father of transcendentalism, with selections from Emerson’s lectures on history, art, politics, and moreIn the words of Harold Bloom, “Emerson's prose is his triumph, both as eloquence and as insight. After Shakespeare, it matches anything else in the language.” Here are Ralph Waldo Emerson's classic essays, including the exhortation to “Self ... Read more

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A compilation of the best essays written by the father of transcendentalism, with selections from Emerson’s lectures on history, art, politics, and moreIn the words of Harold Bloom, “Emerson's prose is his triumph, both as eloquence and as insight. After Shakespeare, it matches anything else in the language.” Here are Ralph Waldo Emerson's classic essays, including the exhortation to “Self
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The Voyage Out

by Virginia Woolf ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
The Voyage Out (1915) is the story of a rite of passage. When Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her father's ship she is launched on a course of self-discovery in a modern version of the mythic voyage. Virginia Woolf knew all too well the forms that she was supposed to follow when writing of a young lady's entrance into the world, and she struggled to subvert the conventions, wittily and ... Read more

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The Voyage Out (1915) is the story of a rite of passage. When Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her father's ship she is launched on a course of self-discovery in a modern version of the mythic voyage. Virginia Woolf knew all too well the forms that she was supposed to follow when writing of a young lady's entrance into the world, and she struggled to subvert the conventions, wittily and
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The Complete Works of G. K. Chesterton (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Novels, Short Stories, Father Brown Mysteries, Historical Works, Biographies, Theological Books, Plays, Poetry, Travel Sketches & Essays

by G. K. Chesterton, Owen Fenlow ...

The Complete Works of G. K. Chesterton gathers the extraordinary range of a writer whose imagination moved with equal force through fiction, poetry, essays, biography, theology, journalism, and literary criticism. Here are the paradoxes, comic inversions, and moral clarity that define Chesterton's style: a prose at once conversational and aphoristic, playful and polemical. Set against the ... Read more

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The Complete Works of G. K. Chesterton gathers the extraordinary range of a writer whose imagination moved with equal force through fiction, poetry, essays, biography, theology, journalism, and literary criticism. Here are the paradoxes, comic inversions, and moral clarity that define Chesterton's style: a prose at once conversational and aphoristic, playful and polemical. Set against the
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La Machine à assassiner

by Gaston Leroux ...

Le roman paraît, sous le titre La Poupée sanglante, 2e partie : Gabriel, en 41 feuilletons quotidiens du journal Le Matin entre le 10 août et le 19 septembre 1923. L'œuvre est reprise en volume l'année suivante chez Tallandier. Bien que La Machine à assassiner ait été publiée initialement dans un volume indépendant, la plupart des éditions modernes l'incluent à la suite de La Poupée sanglante en ... Read more

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Le roman paraît, sous le titre La Poupée sanglante, 2e partie : Gabriel, en 41 feuilletons quotidiens du journal Le Matin entre le 10 août et le 19 septembre 1923. L'œuvre est reprise en volume l'année suivante chez Tallandier. Bien que La Machine à assassiner ait été publiée initialement dans un volume indépendant, la plupart des éditions modernes l'incluent à la suite de La Poupée sanglante en
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The Biggest Curiosities of Literature

by Isaac Disraeli ...

Isaac Disraeli's 'The Biggest Curiosities of Literature' is a significant work that delves into the fascinating uncovered stories and mysteries behind some of the most iconic literary works. Through his engaging and enlightening prose, Disraeli explores the hidden gems, unknown facts, and intriguing anecdotes that make up the tapestry of literary history. This book serves as a valuable resource ... Read more

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Isaac Disraeli's 'The Biggest Curiosities of Literature' is a significant work that delves into the fascinating uncovered stories and mysteries behind some of the most iconic literary works. Through his engaging and enlightening prose, Disraeli explores the hidden gems, unknown facts, and intriguing anecdotes that make up the tapestry of literary history. This book serves as a valuable resource
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Le Coût de la vie - Prix Femina étranger 2020

by Deborah Levy ...

Series series Souterrains
Un divorce forcément douloureux, une grande maison victorienne troquée contre un appartement en haut d'une colline dans le nord de Londres, deux filles à élever et des factures qui s'accumulent... Deborah Levy a cinquante ans quand elle décide de tout reconstruire, avec pour tout bagage, un vélo électrique et une plume d'écrivain. L'occasion pour elle de revenir sur le drame pourtant banal d'une ... Read more

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Un divorce forcément douloureux, une grande maison victorienne troquée contre un appartement en haut d'une colline dans le nord de Londres, deux filles à élever et des factures qui s'accumulent... Deborah Levy a cinquante ans quand elle décide de tout reconstruire, avec pour tout bagage, un vélo électrique et une plume d'écrivain. L'occasion pour elle de revenir sur le drame pourtant banal d'une
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All in the Timing

Fourteen Plays

by David Ives ...

The world according to David Ives is a very add place, and his plays constitute a virtual stress test of the English language -- and of the audience's capacity for disorientation and delight. Ives's characters plunge into black holes called "Philadelphias," where the simplest desires are hilariously thwarted. Chimps named Milton, Swift, and Kafka are locked in a room and made to re-create Hamlet. ... Read more

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The world according to David Ives is a very add place, and his plays constitute a virtual stress test of the English language -- and of the audience's capacity for disorientation and delight. Ives's characters plunge into black holes called "Philadelphias," where the simplest desires are hilariously thwarted. Chimps named Milton, Swift, and Kafka are locked in a room and made to re-create Hamlet.
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The Greatest Works of Aleister Crowley

Thelemic Rituals, Golden Dawn Mysticism, Visionary Scripture, and Modern Occult Poetry

by Aleister Crowley, S. L. MacGregor Mathers, Mary d'Este Sturges ...

The Greatest Works of Aleister Crowley gathers writings associated with one of modern occultism's most provocative literary figures, placing visionary prose, ritual instruction, poetry, and esoteric speculation in a broader textual constellation. The volume's range illuminates the porous boundaries between decadent aesthetics, mystical autobiography, ceremonial magic, and philosophical experiment. ... Read more

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The Greatest Works of Aleister Crowley gathers writings associated with one of modern occultism's most provocative literary figures, placing visionary prose, ritual instruction, poetry, and esoteric speculation in a broader textual constellation. The volume's range illuminates the porous boundaries between decadent aesthetics, mystical autobiography, ceremonial magic, and philosophical experiment.
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The Folklore of Orkney & Shetland

by Ernest Walker Marwick ...

This comprehensive volume of folkloric traditions in Scotland's Northern Isles is a treasure trove of stories, history, and cultural legacy.The two island groups of Orkney and Shetland have much in common. In each the grey stone houses and treeless landscapes are scoured in winter by stinging gales, and in summer lie under the endless days of the 'simmer din'.Originally Norwegian, they have been ... Read more

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This comprehensive volume of folkloric traditions in Scotland's Northern Isles is a treasure trove of stories, history, and cultural legacy.The two island groups of Orkney and Shetland have much in common. In each the grey stone houses and treeless landscapes are scoured in winter by stinging gales, and in summer lie under the endless days of the 'simmer din'.Originally Norwegian, they have been
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Collected Poems of Jack Gilbert

by Jack Gilbert ...

Gathered in this volume readers will find more than fifty years of poems by the incomparable Jack Gilbert, from his Yale Younger Poets prize-winning volume to glorious late poems, including a section of previously uncollected work.There is no one quite like Jack Gilbert in postwar American poetry. After garnering early acclaim with Views of Jeopardy (1962), he escaped to Europe and lived apart ... Read more

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Gathered in this volume readers will find more than fifty years of poems by the incomparable Jack Gilbert, from his Yale Younger Poets prize-winning volume to glorious late poems, including a section of previously uncollected work.There is no one quite like Jack Gilbert in postwar American poetry. After garnering early acclaim with Views of Jeopardy (1962), he escaped to Europe and lived apart
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Walden oder Leben in den Wäldern / Walden; or, Life in the Woods - Zweisprachige Ausgabe (Kommentiert)

Erweiterte Ausgabe. Zweisprachige Ausgabe (Deutsch-Englisch) / Bilingual edition (German-English)

by Henry David Thoreau, Wilhelm Nobbe, Hannes Ehlers ...

Diese zweisprachige Ausgabe von Walden oder Leben in den Wäldern / Walden; or, Life in the Woods erschließt ein Schlüsselwerk der amerikanischen Literatur in seiner ganzen Spannweite: Naturbeobachtung, philosophischer Essay, autobiographischer Bericht, ökonomische Satire und spirituelles Experiment greifen ineinander. Kapitel wie "Economy", "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" oder "Spring" ... Read more

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Diese zweisprachige Ausgabe von Walden oder Leben in den Wäldern / Walden; or, Life in the Woods erschließt ein Schlüsselwerk der amerikanischen Literatur in seiner ganzen Spannweite: Naturbeobachtung, philosophischer Essay, autobiographischer Bericht, ökonomische Satire und spirituelles Experiment greifen ineinander. Kapitel wie "Economy", "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" oder "Spring"
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Isabelle, l'aprés-midi

by Douglas Kennedy ...

Translated by Chloé Royer ...

Après La Symphonie du hasard, Douglas Kennedy nous offre une œuvre sensuelle, délicate, nostalgique, sur les amours contrariées, le destin que l'on se forge et les regrets qui peuvent jalonner l'existence. C'est aussi sa déclaration d'amour à Paris, ville de tous les possibles et de toutes les réinventions.Avant Isabelle, je ne savais rien du sexe.Avant Isabelle, je ne savais rien de la liberté ... Read more

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Après La Symphonie du hasard, Douglas Kennedy nous offre une œuvre sensuelle, délicate, nostalgique, sur les amours contrariées, le destin que l'on se forge et les regrets qui peuvent jalonner l'existence. C'est aussi sa déclaration d'amour à Paris, ville de tous les possibles et de toutes les réinventions.Avant Isabelle, je ne savais rien du sexe.Avant Isabelle, je ne savais rien de la liberté
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