Amani longs to be a shepherd like her beloved grandfather Sido, who has tended his flock for generations, grazing sheep on their family's homestead near Hebron. Amani loves Sido's many stories, especially one about a secret meadow called the Firdoos. But
Displaying his characteristic penchant for the macabre, the tender and the comic, Michael Tournier presents the traditional Magi describing their personal odysseys to Bethlehem--and audaciously imagines a fourth, "the eternal latecomer"' whose story of ha
Friday, winner of the 1967 Grand Prix du Roman of the Académie Française, is a sly, enchanting retelling of the legend of Robinson Crusoe by the man the New Yorker calls "France's best and probably best-known writer." Cast away on a tropical island, Mic
An international bestseller and winner of the Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary award, The Ogre is a masterful tale of innocence, perversion, and obsession. It follows the passage of strange, gentle Abel Tiffauges from submissive schoolboy
«Donne-moi la photo.»Idriss gardait ses chèvres et ses moutons non loin de l'oasis de Tabelbala quand une Land Rover a surgi. Une jeune femme blonde aux jambes nues a pris en photo le petit berger saharien. Sa photo, elle la lui enverra dès son retour
Robinson não poderá nunca voltar ao mundo que deixou. Então, palmo a palmo, edifica o seu pequeno reino. Tem uma casa, fortalezas para se defender e um criado, Sexta-Feira, que lhe é dedicado de alma e coração. Tem mesmo um cão, que envelhece calma
Yves Oudalle, one-time captain of a fishing trawler, and his wife Nadege no longer get on. They decide to separate and invite all their friends to a party - a fish banquet in celebration of love and the sea - where they plan to announce the sad news. Each
Comment le Père Noël donnerait-il le sein à l'Enfant Jésus ? L'Ogre du Petit Poucet était-il un hippie ? Un nain peut-il devenir un surhomme ? Est-il possible de tuer avec un appareil de photographie ? Le citron donne-t-il un avant-goût du néant ?�
Comment Jeanne d'Arc, si lucide, au bon sens si fort, a-t-elle put accepter pour compagnon ce Gilles de Rais dont la monstruosité continue à révolter et à fasciner, un demi-millénaire après son supplice ? A cette question - toujours esquivée ou lai
