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Cobrar por estar de pie by Gauz ES
Country: Africa / 
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast
Description:
Esta novela de Gauz nos trae la historia de Ossiri, un estudiante marfileño empleado como vigilante después de haber aterrizado (sin papeles) en el París de los 90.
Es un canto al honor de una familia, de una madre y de la comunidad africana de París, con sus imperfecciones, sus sufrimientos y sus diferencias.
Es la historia política de un migrante, su mirada sobre Francia hasta el 11S.
Es, en el fondo, una colección de las cosas vistas y oídas por el autor cuando trabajaba como vigilante en París. Una sátira de fibra social y m... continue
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Colonel Chabert by Honore de Balzac EN
FranceDescription:
Unlock the more straightforward side of Colonel Chabert with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac, which follows the titular character’s struggle to adapt to life in France after he was for years presumed dead. Chabert, a former war hero and a man of integrity, finds that there is no place for him in France’s new society, which is ruled by greed, selfishness and injustice, and is callously manipulated by his conniving ex-wife. The novel is one of the Scenes of Private Life in Balzac’s The Human Comed... continue
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Colonel Lágrimas by Carlos Fonseca Suárez EN
Country: North America / 
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Description:
“Beware, reader, in these pages you will experience vertigo, anxiety and joy. You will become a ghostly presence in a Borgesian world, a camera obscura, where mathematics is a secret weapon, and memory the object of an archaeological pursuit. Loosely inspired by the eventful life of the French mathematician Alexander Grothendieck, Fonseca has created a gorgeous opera prima.” —Valerie Miles, The New York Times Book Review Holed away in a cabin in the Pyrenees, the world-famous and enigmatic mathematician Alexander Grothendieck is working furiously on a final project. But what exactly is this mo... continue
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Create Dangerously by Albert Camus EN
AlgeriaDescription:
In these speeches Camus argues passionately that the artist has a responsibility to challenge, provoke and speak up for those who cannot
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Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand EN
Description:
Une édition de référence de Cyrano de Bergerac d’Edmond Rostand, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques. DE GUICHE. Personne ne va donc lui répondre ?... LE VICOMTE Personne ? Attendez ! Je vais lui lancer un de ces traits !... Il s'avance vers Cyrano qui l'observe, et se campant devant lui d'un air fat. Vous... vous avez un nez... heu... un nez... très grand. CYRANO, gravement Très. LE VICOMTE, riant Ha ! CYRANO, imperturbable C'est tout ?... LE VICOMTE Mais... CYRANO Ah ! non ! c'est un peu court, jeune homme ! On pouvait dire... Oh ! Dieu !... bien des choses en som... continue
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Désert by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio FR
MauritiusDescription:
Analyse : Roman d'amour. Roman philosophique.
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Dama cu camelii by Alexandre Dumas RO
Description:
Celebră în lumea întreagă încă din 1848, când a văzut lumina tiparului, povestea de dragoste dintre tânărul Armand Duval şi frumoasa prostituată Marguerite Gautier este o ilustrare perfectă a mentalităţii dominante în secolul al XIX-lea. Povestea este inspirată, după cum însuşi scriitorul mărturiseşte în prima pagină, dintr-un episod biografic din propria viaţă: povestea de dragoste cu Marie Duplessis, curtezană de lux din Oraşul Luminilor, bine-cunoscută în cercul nobililor. După acest model romancierul a plăsmuit-o pe eroina romanului, Ma... continue
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Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos EN
Description:
The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature. The subject of major film and stage adaptations, the novel's prime movers, the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil, form an unholy alliance and turn seduction into a game - a game which they must win. This new translation gives Laclos a modern voice, and readers will be able a judge whether the novel is as `diabolical' and `infamous' as its critics have claimed, or whether it has much to tell us about the kind of wor... continue