Caitlin Thomas
Leftover life to kill
En anglais – One of the most daring and uninhibited confessions ever written – a candid self-searching story by the widow of the poet Dylan Thomas
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En Anglais – One day Robbie is hit by a car while running after his dog, Lucky. Unconscious, Robbie lies in hospital, unable to speak, move or eat. But he can hear; he is aware. His friends and family try desperately to reach him – even Zola, his favourite Chelsea footballer, comes to see him. And still Robbie can’t ‘wake up’. Until one day, against hospital rules, Dad brings Lucky into the hospital. Can Lucky bring Robbie back to life ?
Trainspotting
En italien – Un pugno di ragazzi a Edimburgo e dintorni: il sesso, lo sballo, la rabbia, il vuoto delle giornate. Sono i dannati di un modernissimo inferno « chimico », con la loro vita sfilacciata e senza scampo. Alla ricerca di un riscatto, di un senso da dare alla propria esistenza – che non sia il vicolo cieco fatto di casa, famiglia e impiego ordinario – trovano nella droga e nella violenza l’unica risposta possibile. Sboccato, indiavolato, travolgente: l’esordio di un talento letterario, il romanzo shock che ha fatto epoca e dato voce a una nuova generazione.
Sissi Impératrice
Sissi a-t-elle trouvé le bonheur en de-venant impératrice? Lorsqu’elle était jeune fille, elle rêvait plutôt d’une vie simple, auprès de son mari et de ses enfants. Les fastes de la cour, les réceptions, les voyages auront bien du mal à lui faire oublier le charme de la vie qu’elle menait en compagnie de ses parents et de ses frères et soeurs.
Elle est bien jeune encore pour pouvoir tenir tête à sa belle-mère, la sévère
archiduchesse Sophie, dont toute la vie a été soumise à la raison d’Etat, et pour accepter d’être négligée par son mari au profit de la politique. Saura-t-elle, malgré son inexpérience, garder l’amour de François-Joseph, le respect de ses sujets et réaliser son rêve : apporter à l’empereur d’Autriche l’affection du peuple
hongrois ?…
Undermajordomo minor
En Anglais – Lucy Minor is the resident odd duck in the hamlet of Bury. He is a compulsive liar, a sickly weakling in a town famous for begetting brutish giants. Then Lucy accepts employment assisting the majordomo of the remote, foreboding Castle Von Aux. While tending to his new post as undermajordomo, he soon discovers the place harbours many dark secrets, not least of which is the whereabouts of the castle's master, Baron Von Aux. Thus begins a tale of polite theft, bitter heartbreak, domestic mystery, and cold-blooded murder. Undermajordomo Minor is an ink-black comedy of manners, an adventure, and a mystery, and a searing portrayal of rural Alpine bad behaviour, but above all it is a love story. And Lucy must be careful, for love is a violent thing.