A busy young writer struggling to cope with domestic chores, hires a housekeeper recommended by a friend. The housekeeper's reputation is one built on dependable efficiency, though she is something of…
Wittgenstein's Mistress is a novel unlike anything David Markson - or anyone else - has ever written before. It is the story of a woman who is convinced, and, astonishingly, will ultimately convince t…
The classic novel, international sensation, and inspiration for the film starring Anthony Quinn explores the struggle between the aesthetic and the rational, the inner life and the life of the mind.
Mr Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief activity is looking at things. He is simply seeking knowledge; 'it is only after you have come to know the surface of things that you can venture to se…
"Il existe des êtres qui ne subissent pas la loi de l'évolution. Ce sont les légumes cliniques", ou des tubes par où circule seule la nourriture. Ces tubes ne sont pas pour autant sans cervelle puisqu…
A taut, harrowing novel about a woman and the people who depend on her as the world around them teeters on the edge of apocalypse—marking an award-winning Latin American author’s US debut.
Pendant une grande partie de sa vie ma mère a vécu dans la pauvreté et la nécessité, à l'écart de tout, écrasée et parfois même humiliée par la violence masculine. Son existence semblait délimitée pou…
Daha ziyade aile anlatılarıyla tanıdığımız Jean-Louis Fournier bu kez otopsi masasına kendisini yatırıyor: Aşkları, eşi, iş yaşamı ve iz bırakmış anıları… “Otopsim” konusu, dili ve Fournier’nin olmazs…
أين نذهب يا بابا؟ سؤال يردده "توماس" ابن الراوي عليه دون توقف.. إنه السؤال الوحيد الذي يستطيع نطقه بوضوح، ويجعلنا الراوي بسخرية مريرة ننتظر أن يحظى طفله المعوق بإجابة مرضية، ولكننا نكتشف عبر صفحات الر…
