Riv - Literary 1

Préambule : Ce livre publié en 2011 est mis en ligne gratuitement par l'auteur, avec l'aimable autorisation de l'éditeur (ed de l'Etrave) afin de donner à lire durant le confinement partagé pour sto……続きを見る

"An outstanding multigenerational novel...We are hooked from the moment we meet Maude." --New York Times An unforgettable story of love, acceptance, and tradition from New York Times bestselling aut……続きを見る

Un’antologia di racconti inediti che nascono dal concorso Officina di idee promosso dalla Biblioteca di Cles. I racconti hanno ispirato la fantasia di alcuni percorsi artistici: ecco perché tra le p……続きを見る

A nameless narrator documents the gradual unraveling of her life in the face of series after series of disappointment in spite of doing exactly what she thought was expected of her. Taking place in ……続きを見る

Lionel Shriver realiza uma espécie de genealogia do assassínio ao criar na ficção uma chacina similar a tantas provocadas por jovens em escolas americanas. Aos 15 anos, o personagem Kevin mata 11 pe……続きを見る

An extraordinary novel from the Orange Prize winning author of ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’. What do you pack for the rest of your life? Shepherd Knacker is bored with his humdrum existence. He's s……続きを見る

Set in a small Vermont town in the early decades of the twentieth century, Housewrights tells the story of Lily Willard, the town librarian, and her relationship with Oren and Ian Pritchard, housewr……続きを見る

Here's what some readers have to say about the collection: "It was good to visit with your characters...some bursting free, some melancholy, and some consciously creating happiness for themselves an……続きを見る

Per quale ragione «L’ho sposato, lettore mio» è una delle frasi più celebri e citate della letteratura inglese? La risposta, tutt’altro che ovvia, risiede nel capolavoro da cui è tratta: Jane Eyre (……続きを見る

En 1793, il y avoit à Besançon un idiot, un monomane, un fou, dont tous ceux de mes compatriotes qui ont eu le bonheur ou le malheur de vivre autant que moi se souviennent comme moi. Il s’appeloit J……続きを見る

Sophia Oomla leaves the talking world. When her teacher calls on her. When her classmates speak to her. But at midnight, when no one can hear her, no one can see her, she finds her tongue. In fact, ……続きを見る

"Die Hoffnung ihrer Tochter" ist der zweite Band einer zweiteiligen Familien-Saga und dreht sich in der Zeit des Kalten Krieges um Hildemara Rose, der Tochter von Marta, und die Hindernisse, die ihr……続きを見る

In een reeks alternatieve scenario’s schetst Shriver de mogelijke gevolgen van het zelfmoordpact van een ouder Engels echtpaar. ‘Tot de dood ons scheidt’ van Lionel Shriver gaat over echtgenoten Kay……続きを見る

"Hay cierta narrativa que sacude por su contundencia dramática, por sus juegos retóricos, por la transformación irremediable a la que son expuestos sus personajes. Hay otra que se sostiene casi plen……続きを見る

À la veille de ses seize ans, Kevin Khatchadourian a tué sept de ses camarades de lycée, un employé de la cafétéria et un professeur. Dans des lettres adressées au père dont elle est séparée, Eva, s……続きを見る

Après, entre autres, Il faut qu'on parle de Kevin, la nouvelle bombe de Lionel Shriver. Toute sa verve sarcastique, sa profondeur d'analyse, son esprit de provocation dans un roman choc partiellemen……続きを見る

Sur un îlot, l’oiseau Ivorombe qui couvait près de sa captive humaine Ingoria. À la place des œufs ー à l’exception d’un seul ー elle voit un beau matin autant de jeunes oiseaux qui pépient sous ses……続きを見る

Toutes les œuvres de Pierre de Marivaux réunies en un seul ebook Découvrez l'oeuvre de Pierre de Marivaux dans son ensemble et emmenez-la partout avec vous ! À propos de la collection GrandsClassiqu……続きを見る

My father drowned in the Aegean Sea, fifty nautical miles northeast of the port of Piraeus. When it happened, my mother and I were at home in Toronto. It was early evening in Greece, afternoon for u……続きを見る

THE BRILLIANT NEW NOVEL FROM THE ORANGE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN. ‘Distinctly chilling’ Independent ‘Unsettling as it is entertaining’ Financial Times ‘It's scaring the he……続きを見る

A short story by Lionel Shriver from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre. In ‘The Self-Seeding Sycamore’, a widow wages war upon her neighbour’s garden, and makes a s……続きを見る

Európaiak vagyunk, hiába, identitásunk a zsidó-keresztény mitológiában gyökerezik, és még akkor is meghatározza a krisztusi tanítás, ha sokan egyébként fütyülünk rá. Jézus Krisztus itt él közöttünk,……続きを見る

“A literary meteor shower....One great read.” ーDetroit News A classic from New York Times bestselling author Anne Rivers Siddons, Fault Lines is the powerful and deeply moving story of three women ……続きを見る

“Complex and nervy, Shriver’s clever meditation will intrigue anyone who has ever wondered how things might have turned out had they followed, or ignored, a life-changing impulse.” ー People (Critic……続きを見る

“Anne Rivers Siddons’s novels are women’s stories in the best sense, pulling you into the internal landscape of her characters’ lives and holding you there.” – People A poignant novel of the love th……続きを見る

"An eerie epic. I loved this novel." -- Stephen King The award-winning master of horror, acclaimed author, screenwriter, and scholar Tananarive Due’s classic African Immortals series starts with an ……続きを見る

Acclaimed author Lionel Shriverーauthor of the National Book Award finalist So Much for That, The Post-Birthday World, and the vivid psychological novel We Need to Talk About Kevin, now a major moti……続きを見る

“Ms. Shriver portrays [her characters] with psychological depth and wry humor, dramatizing a subject that’s rarely been exploited in fiction, and pulling off a novel that not only works, but rocks.”……続きを見る

“Shriver has a gift for creating real and complicated characters… A highly engrossing novel.” ー San Francisco Chronicle From New York Times bestselling author Lionel Shriver (The Post-Birthday Worl……続きを見る

"Anne Rivers Siddons...writes with such astonishing lyrical beauty that you will want to read it aloud to everyone you ever loved." ー Pat Conroy After twenty-one years Micah (Mike) Winship is makin……続きを見る