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1091.

The Miscreant by Jean Cocteau EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
Now in paper, this is Jean Cocteau's first novel (1921). Jacques Forestier is a parasite who responds readily to both sexes. He comes to Paris to study but ends up indulging himself in a life of dissipation, culminating in a doomed love affair with a chorus girl. A sparkling evocation of the Parisian scene, the novel is also a study of loneliness and youthful disenchantment told with the great French writer's characteristic irony and wit. A Peter Owen Modern Classic.

1092.

A Secret Kept by Tatiana de Rosnay EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
When traumatic memories about a disturbing event from a childhood summer holiday cause his sister to suffer a debilitating car accident, Antoine befriends a street-wise mortician who helps him to manage painful family truths. By the best-selling author of Sarah's Key. 250,000 first printing.

1093.

Philothea, or An Introduction to The Devout Life by Francis de Sales EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlighte... continue


1095.

Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
Twenty years after Aramis, Athos, Porthos, and d’Artagnan went their separate ways, the new cardinal, Mazarin, asks d’Artagnan to find his three friends and enlist them to help Mazarin during the Fronde civil war. Only Porthos accepts, and the four musketeers soon find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. This cannot, of course, last very long, and they ultimately join forces in England to try to rescue Charles I from Cromwell. Along the way, they are discovered and pursued by the son of Milady, their diabolical female adversary from The Three Musketeers. Though not as well known as t... continue

1096.

Le Suivant sur la liste by Manon Fargetton FR

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
Adolescent doué mais discret, Nathan est percuté mortellement par un automobiliste devant son collège. Témoin de la scène grâce à sa vision exceptionnelle, Izia sait que le chauffeur a agi intentionnellement. Non loin de là, Morgane, une irrésistible jeune fille, rend visite à sa mère internée et rencontre Timothée, que le moindre contact physique avec autrui fait souffrir. Bientôt tous trois reçoivent des messages posthumes de Nathan. Réunis puis traqués, ils découvrent qu’ils sont nés dans la même clinique par procréation médicalement assistée. De quelles manipulations ont-ils été cobayes ?... continue

1097.

La nuit des fugitifs by Manon Fargetton FR

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
Trois ans après avoir échappé au Pr Klein, Morgane et Izia sont réunies par Nathan, leur ami décédé et réincarné en intelligence artificielle. Elles veulent récupérer la vidéo de Klein, qui y révèle l’identité des commanditaires de son projet. Au cours d’un huis-clos angoissant, les adolescents hybrides héros du Suivant sur la liste tentent de découvrir la vérité sur leurs origines et de trouver leur place dans une société qui les exhibe comme des bêtes de foire.

1098.

Mauvais fils by Raphaële Frier FR

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
Fils unique, Ghislain a du mal à être ce que l’on attend de lui : un bon élève, viril et surtout hétérosexuel. Devant ses résultats médiocres au lycée, son père le pousse à se former au métier d’électricien, un vrai métier d’homme. Après des journées à cacher des fils et poser des prises, Ghislain passe ses soirées dans des bars gays où il vit ses premières expériences sexuelles. Lorsque son père s’en aperçoit, il le met à la porte. Un livre soutenu par Amnesty International Après avoir publié des albums, un documentaire remarqué, Martin et Rosa, et des romans, dont Je veux un python pour mon ... continue


1100.

Our Lady of the Flowers by Jean Genet EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
The shattering novel of underground life the New York Times called “a cry of rapture and horror . . . the purest lyrical genius.” Jean Genet’s debut novel Our Lady of the Flowers, which is often considered to be his masterpiece, was written entirely in the solitude of a prison cell. A semi- autobiographical account of one man’s journey through the Paris demi-monde, dubbed “the epic of masturbation” by no less a figure than Jean-Paul Sartre, the novel’s exceptional value lies in its exquisite ambiguity.


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