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Orwell
Orwell est passé à la postérité grâce à 1984, qu'il a écrit en 1948, et à son invention prophétique de Big Brother, préfigurant, il y a soixante-dix ans, le contrôle des médias, Internet et la manipul…
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Old School
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The Extinction of Irena Rey
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Golden State
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Someone Like Us
After abandoning his once promising career as a journalist in search of a new life in Paris, Mamush meets Helen-a photographer whose way of seeing the world shows him the possibility of finding not on…
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Wordhunter
An utterly original and compulsively readable detective story about a woman who uses her uncanny ability to analyze words and speech patterns to help solve crimes.
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Walking Practice
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Brother Brontë
Two women fight to save their dystopian border town—and literature—in this gonzo near-future adventure.
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The year is 2038, and the formerly bustling town of Three Rivers, Texas, is a surreal wasteland. …