Prix Médicis 1966.Dans un monde hostile et froid, où la mort et la maladie sont partout présentes, où régnent la misère et l'obscurité, des enfants cherchent, à l'ombre de leur grand-mère toute-puissa…
Cachée derrière les rideaux de se chambre, une prostituée patiente entre deux clients. L'attente se nourrit du souvenir : une famille dévote, une mère absente et un père distrait. Et parfois la jouiss…
The story revolves around two seemingly homeless men simply waiting for someone—or something—named Godot. Vladimir and Estragon wait near a tree, inhabiting a drama spun of their own consciousness. Th…
This new translation of The Princesse de Clèves also includes two shorter works also attributed to Mme de Lafayette, The Princesse de Montpensier and The Comtesse de Tende.
The Wild Ass's Skin is Honoré de Balzac's 1831 novel that tells the story of a young man, Raphaël de Valentin, who discovers a piece of shagreen, in this case a rough untanned piece of a wild ass's sk…
The thirteenth novel in Émile Zola’s great Rougon-Macquart sequence, Germinal expresses outrage at the exploitation of the many by the few, but also shows humanity’s capacity for compassion and hope.
Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time is one of the most entertaining reading experiences in any language and arguably the finest novel of the twentieth century. But since its original prewar transla…
