The Oldest Orphan
By: Tierno Monénembo
3.60
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Tierno Monénembo was among the African authors invited to Rwanda after the 1994 Tutsi-Hutu massacre…
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1. Tropismes
By: Nathalie Sarraute
3.66
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
« Les tropismes, a expliqué l'auteur, "ce sont des mouvements indéfinissables, qui glissent très ra… read more
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- roman
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2. Notebook of a Return to the Native Land (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
By: Clayton Eshleman , Aimé Césaire , Annette Smith , Annette Smith
4.10
Format: 66 pages, Paperback
Aime Cesaire's masterpiece, Notebook of a Return to the Native Land, is a work of immense cultural … read more
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- africa
- france
- school
"A man screaming is not a dancing bear. Life is not a spectacle."-Clayton Eshleman, Notebook of a Return to the Native Land (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
"Écoutez le monde blanc horriblement las de son effort immense ses articulations rebelles craquer sous les étoiles dures ses raideurs d'acier bleu transperçant la chair mystique écoute ses victoires p…"-Clayton Eshleman, Notebook of a Return to the Native Land (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
"And if all I know how to do is speak, it is for you that I shall speak. My lips shall speak for miseries that have no mouth, my voice shall be the liberty of those who languish in the dungeon of desp…"-Clayton Eshleman, Notebook of a Return to the Native Land (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
". . . car il n'est point vrai que l'oeuvre de l'homme est finie que nous n'avons rien à faire au monde que nous parasitons le monde qu'il suffit que nous nous mettions au pas du monde mais l'oeuvre d…"-Clayton Eshleman, Notebook of a Return to the Native Land (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
3. Dora Bruder
By: Patrick Modiano , None
3.57
Format: 123 pages, Hardcover
Patrick Modiano opens Dora Bruder by telling how in 1988 he stumbled across an ad in the personal c… read more
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- france
- fiction
"But I am a patient man. I can wait for hours in the rain."-Patrick Modiano, Dora Bruder
"Existen casualidades, encuentros y coincidencias que se ignorarán siempre…"-Patrick Modiano, Dora Bruder
"El éxtasis no dura mucho, sin embargo. No tiene porvenir. Pronto nuestro impulso es frenado en seco."-Patrick Modiano, Dora Bruder
"That is her secret. A poor and precious secret that not even the executioners, the decrees, the occupying authorities, the Depot, the barracks, the camps, History, time-everything that defiles and de…"-Patrick Modiano, Dora Bruder
4. La carte et le territoire
By: Michel Houellebecq
3.95
Format: 428 pages, Paperback
Si Jed Martin, le personnage principal de ce roman, devait vous en raconter l’histoire, il commence… read more
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- roman
- france
- fiction
"Sexuality is a fragile thing: it is difficult to enter, and easy to leave."-Michel Houellebecq, La carte et le territoire
"Jed then realized that he was standing in a book, and wondered if this book told the story of his life."-Michel Houellebecq, La carte et le territoire
"Las flores son sólo órganos sexuales, vaginas abigarradas que adornan la superficie del mundo, entregadas a la lubricidad de los insectos."-Michel Houellebecq, La carte et le territoire
"Ciudată e uneori omenirea. Din nefericire, cel mai adesea era genul ciudată și respingătoare, și doar arareori de genul ciudat și încântător."-Michel Houellebecq, La carte et le territoire
5. Eve out of Her Ruins
By: J.M.G. Le Clézio , Jeffrey Zuckerman , Ananda Devi
4.00
Format: 10 pages,
"Devi writes about terrible and bitter events with a soft, delicate voice."--Le Figaro With brutal … read more
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- africa
- france
- fiction
6. Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow
By: Faïza Guène , Sarah Adams
3.68
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
He thought I'd forged my mom's name on the slip. How stupid is that? On this thing Mom just made a … read more
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7. Thirteen Cents
By: K. Sello Duiker
3.95
Format: None pages, Paperback
Every city has an unspoken side. Cape Town, between the postcard mountain and sea, has its own shad… read more
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8. Phèdre
By: Jean Racine
3.69
Format: 55 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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- fiction
- france
- school
"Maintenant je me cherche et ne me trouve plus."-Jean Racine, Phèdre
"Mes crimes désormais ont comblé la mesure. Je respire à la fois l'inceste et l'imposture"-Jean Racine, Phèdre
"Présente je vous fuis; absente, je vous trouve; Dans le fond des forêts votre image me suit"-Jean Racine, Phèdre
"Hélas! de vos malheurs innocente ou coupable, / De quoi pour vous sauver n'étais-je point capable?"-Jean Racine, Phèdre
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10. The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings
By: Octavio Paz , Lysander Kemp , Yara Milos
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Octavio Paz has long been acknowledged as Mexico's foremost writer and critic. In this internationa… read more
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11. Les Sorcières de la République
By: Chloé Delaume
4.13
Format: None pages, Paperback
Des choses, pas belles, se sont passees, en France, entre 2017 et 2020. Les femmes, par la main de … read more
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12. Là où je me terre
By: Caroline Dawson
4.38
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Valparaíso, décembre 1986, tremblement de terre entre les quatre murs d’une maison. Un homme et une… read more
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- fiction
- roman
- france
- school
"Parce que c'est ma mère, elle qui a sacrifié chacun de ses jours et plusieurs de ses nuits pour me voir libérée des servilités et soumissions qui étaient les siennes, qui a souahaité le plus ma réuss…"-Caroline Dawson, Là où je me terre
13. Ces jours qui disparaissent
By: Timothé Le Boucher
4.40
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Que feriez-vous si d’un coup vous vous aperceviez que vous ne vivez plus qu’un jour sur deux ? C’es… read more
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- france
- fiction
14. La version qui n'intéresse personne
By: Emmanuelle Pierrot
4.45
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Elle croyait qu’ici, à l’autre bout du monde, au confluent de la rivière Klondike et du fleuve Yuko… read more
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15. Le compte est bon
By: Louis-Daniel Godin
3.62
Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition
L’enfant arrive dans sa famille à l’âge de cinq jours. Très jeune, amour et argent le taraudent. A-… read more
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16. À la maison
By: Myriam Vincent
4.11
Format: 321 pages, Paperback
Jessica a tout pour être heureuse : un amoureux attentionné, un bébé à venir, et une maison fraiche… read more
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17. Les Pleurs
By: Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
3.75
Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
« J’écris tout bas » : être femme et poète au XIXe siècle n’est pas chose aisée, Marceline Desborde… read more
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18. Okinum
By: Émilie Monnet
3.73
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Émilie a un barrage dans la gorge, un cimetière d’ossements d’arbres (okinum). Un castor géant lui … read more
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19. The Oldest Orphan
By: Tierno Monénembo
3.60
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Tierno Monénembo was among the African authors invited to Rwanda after the 1994 Tutsi-Hutu massacre… read more
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- africa
- roman
- rwanda
- school
- france
- fiction
- african literature
20. La Nuit de Londres
By: Henri Thomas
2.81
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Miroir de la solitude, roman de l'errance nocturne, La Nuit de Londres montre un promeneur qui sera… read more
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