Title: By Then - John Berger - book Summary : Translated from English by Katya Berger Andreadakis In Lisbon, at the corner of a street, John Berger meets his mother, who has been dead for fifteen years. She accompanies him on a stroll among the colorful azulejos and tells him about her first love. In Krakow, in the maze of a market, he sees Ken, his "ferryman," the man thirty years his senior who taught him everything—how to paint, how to cheat at cards, how to drink—when he was a teenager. In Madrid, it's his old school teacher who reappears. From here there is based on the power of literary imagination and the writer's gift of ubiquity: to be both here and there, among the living and the dead, in the present and in the past. By calling upon those who made him the man and the committed artist that he is, this novel sketches a portrait of its author. EAN: 9782879294834 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Lily and the Serpent - Nikos Kazantzaki - book Summary : A long, baroque novella, imbued with mystery and lyricism, whose immorality caused a scandal. Kazantzaki's first appearance in Greek literature was in 1906. EAN: 9782268008868 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Escapee from Saint-Martin - Olivia Dupuy - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782817706696 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Swallow Before the Storm - Robert Littell - book Summary : Spring 1934. In a Russia subjected to Stalinist terror, the poet Osip Mandelstam, at the risk of his freedom, his art and even his life, composes a violent indictment against the master of the Kremlin, in the form of an epigram which circulates clandestinely until Stalin learns of its existence. Through the alternating voices of the poet and those close to him - his wife Nadezhda, his close friend the poet Anna Akhmatova and the writer Boris Pasternak, future author of Doctor Zhivago - The Swallow Before the Storm recounts the painful journey of Mandelstam, who suffered arrest, torture and exile for having dared to speak his truth. Robert Littell, often considered one of the contemporary masters of the spy novel, reveals in this poetic book another side of his immense talent. Inspired by the tragic destiny of the great Russian poet, with his unique art of interweaving fiction and history, he offers us a meditation of rare power on the artist facing power. Through the story of the strange fascination between the poet and the dictator, this novel pays homage to Mandelstam's incredible act of defiance and explores the full complexity of the writer's commitment. EAN: 9782917559062 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Birth of Ghosts - Marie Darrieussecq - book Summary : It begins as a simple, banal, and sad story. A man disappears. His wife waits for him; she cannot accept his disappearance; she searches for him. Then the world will unravel, or, more precisely, open up. It opens up to its mystery, to its inconceivable levels, to its enigmas, the infinitely large, the infinitely small, the infinitely moving, powerfully punctuated by waiting. All the landmarks shift, no perspective is certain, stars and atoms exchange their weight, their value. Little by little, this disappearance disintegrates everything that constitutes generally accepted reality; it projects us into another dimension of feelings and sensations. Ghosts can appear because, like the narrator, we are ready. EAN: 9782867446139 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Good Life - John Dos Passos - book Summary : It was yesterday. Americans were arriving in Europe. Their names were Hemingway, Dos Passos, Fitzgerald, and a few others. It was love at first sight. Paris and the Côte d'Azur, jazz and bistros, the Italian lakes and the parties of Barcelona, ​​​​walking and writing: those were the good times, the good life. From the Sacco and Vanzetti affair to the Spanish Civil War, from the literary revolution that was the American novel to the first hotels in Juan-les-Pins, the 1920s are revisited through the memories of one of the greatest contemporary writers. EAN: 9782070763894 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: A Private in Babylon - Richard Brautigan - book Summary : "I have to admit, this book pissed me off. I've written thrillers too: I still have the complete series on my shelf; I give almost all of them away for having written the adventures of the guy who finds himself one morning in a San Francisco cemetery with four Black men full of razors around him, a scolding mother who accuses him of having killed his father when he was four years old with a rubber bullet, who has, as a bonus, a corpse in the refrigerator and, in his head, suspended, all the gardens of Babylon, the very place where Smith Smith, the greatest baseball player of all time, fights against robot shadows and mercury crystals. Big Brautigan. » EAN: 9782267017007 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Truth about Mary - Jean-Philippe Toussaint - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782707320889 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Murderous Past - Karen Young - book Summary : An explosion, flames, screams... Kate Madison can't shake this nightmare that haunts her nights and takes her back to a dramatic moment in her childhood: during a boat trip off the coast of Louisiana, the sailboat her family was on suddenly caught fire. Little Kate narrowly escaped death. But her father disappeared forever into the waves. Having become an emergency room doctor in Boston, Kate has buried this memory deep within her. Until the day when, unjustly suspended from her duties, she decides to return to Bayou Blanc, the place of her childhood, with the hope of finding peace there. But the atmosphere there is oppressive, and threats seem to weigh on all the members of her family... Until a new, atrocious death forces her to lift the veil on this dark page of her childhood that she has buried deep within herself. EAN: 9782280838177 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Little Boyfriend - Donna Tartt - book Summary : The literary event of the 2003 back-to-school season. Donna Tartt returns after a 10-year absence! A drama about family, guilt, and revenge, moved to the world of children's literature and evoking the literature of the Old American South. A dark novel that blends the whimsy of Mark Twain with the charm of Carson McCullers and the darkness of William Faulkner... Here it is at last, the highly anticipated new novel from the author of Master of Illusions, a worldwide bestseller. In a small Mississippi town, Harriet Cleve Dufresnes grows up in the shadow of her brother. When she was still a baby, he was found dead, hanging from a tree in the garden. His murderer was never identified, and despite the passing years, the family has never recovered from the tragedy. For Harriet, who, mostly left to her own devices, lives in a fantasy world, her brother represents a link to a glorious past she knows only from stories and photographs glimpsed in picture books. Fiercely determined, remarkably precocious for her twelve years, and steeped in the adventure literature of Stevenson, Kipling, and Conan Doyle, she decides one summer to find the murderer and exact her revenge. Her only ally in this quest, her friend Hely, is devoted to her. But what they discover is far removed from their childhood games: it is a dark adult world, full of threats, where, outside the family intimacy, lurk enlightened preachers, criminals, drug traffickers... A picture of family nostalgia and grief, The boyfriend explores the world of crime and punishment. With its exceptional narrative power, this second novel undoubtedly confirms the sparkling talent of its author. " The boyfriend confirms the range of Donna Tartt's talents, and even amplifies them. This book reflects an enormous talent." New York Observer " The boyfriend is as good, and perhaps even better, than Tartt's first novel." The Sun, London "As the story moves toward its climax, Tartt's genius for suspense resurfaces: the final sequence, masterfully executed, takes your breath away. His writing flows: it is magnificent, visual, and erudite." The Times, London EAN: 9782259198172 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Terrace of the Feuillants - Florence Mothe - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782221047118 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Trial of the Mummy - Christian Jacq - book Summary : When the bustling London of the 19th century discovers the civilization of the Pharaohs through crime... A great detective novel by Christian Jacq London, 1821. Adventurer Giovanni Belzoni, discoverer of the tomb of Seti I, returns from Egypt to organize the first ever exhibition devoted to pharaonic art. Eager to finally achieve fame, Belzoni, accompanied by a forensic pathologist, proceeds to unwrap a superb mummy, so perfect that it appears alive. The process causes a scandal: a hysterical pastor demands the destruction of this pagan relic, and an old lord wants to feed it to his dogs. Since the extinction of the pharaonic civilization, have not thousands of mummies been stolen, burned, ground into medicinal powders, and even eaten? The astonishing spectacle was a success. The bandages and amulets were sold to discerning enthusiasts, and Belzoni's London career seemed to be launched. But the pastor, the lord, and the coroner are murdered! The murder weapon: a hook used to extract the brains of mummies. At the same time, the mummy disappears... The kingdom's top cop, Inspector Higgins, quickly comes to this conclusion: the murders, the revolutionary plot shaking up London's slums, and the disappearance of the mummy are closely linked. Belzoni's strange behavior, a fine lineup of potential criminals, a host of false leads, a dangerous but untraceable mummy, the King of England threatened with assassination, the mystery of mummification as a common thread... Helped by a charming lawyer, Lady Suzanna, will Inspector Higgins be able and will he know how to open all the doors, until the inevitable trial of the mummy? EAN: 9782845633988 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Storm over Cape Cod - Carol Higgins Clark - book Summary : A strange vacation for Regan Reilly... Finally, a romantic weekend! To celebrate their first wedding anniversary, Regan Reilly and her husband Jack have chosen Cape Cod, its wild beaches and dream setting. But their tête-à-tête is short-lived: Adele Hopkins, a retiree recently moved to the island, disappears during a violent stormy night. It quickly becomes apparent that she didn't only have friends. The race against time begins for Jack and Regan, who are not ready to forget this anniversary... It's impossible to put down Carol Higgins Clark's new suspense thriller: the plot with multiple twists and turns mixed with her legendary humor make Stormy Cape Cod an ideal read! EAN: 9782226220752 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Eleventh Green Mouse - Poslaniec Christian - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782211085090 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Rumor - Thomas Lavachery - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782211315234 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: A pebble in the pocket - Marie Chartres - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782211303125 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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