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Paris, 2018. Diégane Latyr Faye, jeune écrivain sénégalais, rencontre sa compatriote Siga D. La sulfureuse sexagénaire lui transmet «Le labyrinthe…
de l'inhumain», un livre paru en 1938 et écrit par un certain T.C. Elimane. Fasciné, Diégane part sur les traces de cet homme mystérieux. Prix Transfuge du meilleur roman de langue française 2021, prix Goncourt 2021, prix Hennessy du livre 2021.
Dans les Cévennes, l'équilibre d'une famille est bouleversé par la naissance d'un enfant handicapé. Si l'aîné de la fratrie s'attache…
profondément à ce frère différent et fragile, la cadette se révolte et le rejette. Prix Landerneau des lecteurs 2021, prix Femina 2021, prix Goncourt des lycéens 2021.
Pulsing with vitality and intense human drama, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia’s debut is set against four decades of vibrant Nigeria and celebrates…
the resilience of women as they navigate and transform what remains a man’s world.
The lives of fifty-four-year-old concierge Renée Michel and extremely bright, suicidal twelve-year-old Paloma Josse are transformed by the arrival of…
a new tenant, Kakuro Ozu. Some strong language. 2007 French booksellers prize. 2008. Uniform title: Elégance du hérisson.
Veronica - once an attention-deprived middle child among 12 siblings, and now an unfulfilled wife and mother - has come…
to London to claim the body of her beloved yet estranged brother Liam, who drowned himself at sea. As the nine surviving members of the Hegarty clan converge in Dublin for Liam's wake, Veronica wants to protect the past - and the secret of what transpired in her grandmother's house during the winter of 1968. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2007 Man Booker Prize. 2007.
Grace Marks is serving a life sentence in the Kingston Penitentiary for her part in the murder of her employer…
and his mistress in 1843. She claims that she cannot remember anything about the murders, so Dr. Simon Jordan, an expert in the new field of mental illness, is engaged to review her case. He listens to the account of her life, slowly bringing her closer to the day of the murders. The story she tells grows more and more alarming and baffling as Jordan tries to reveal the hidden layers of her memory. Winner of the 1996 Giller Prize. 1996.
When Bill Chambers comes home from World War Two, missing a few fingers but more or less intact, he is…
just happy to be back living in Canada. From this moment the story of three generations of his family begins. Each family member must live out their own destiny and accept the tragedies and triumphs that come with it. Bill tries to remain optimistic even when things begin to take a wrong turn. In the end the family is held together by a woman who wasn't one of them when it all began, but who becomes their emotional centre. Winner of the 1999 Giller Prize. 1999.
Forever after, there were for them only two sorts of men: the men who were on the Line, and the…
rest of humanity, who were not. In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Burma Death Railway, surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle's young wife two years earlier. Struggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever. Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2014. Bestseller. 2014.
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old…
leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States. 2003 Newbery Honor book. 2002.
The commemoration of an act of bravery and self-sacrifice in Krakow, Poland, saves the lives of a family two centuries…
later. For junior and senior high readers. Newbery Medal winner in 1928. 1992.
Follows the adventures of the Arabian stallion brought to England to become one of the founding sires of the Thoroughbred…
breed and the mute Arab stable boy who tended him with loyalty and devotion all his life. Grades 4-7. 1976.
At age 11, Caddie Woodlawn is the despair of her mother and the pride of her father: a clock-fixing tomboy…
running wild in the woods of Wisconsin. In 1864, this is a bit much for her Boston-bred mother to bear, but Caddie and her brothers are happy with the status quo. Winner of the Newbery Medal. Grades 4-7. 1990, c1935.
Set on an island in Puget Sound after World War II. Carl Heine has drowned, and fellow fisherman Kabuo Miyamoto…
is accused of murder. Covering the trial is a local reporter who was the defendant's wife's first love. As the trial begins, the entire once-peaceful community is tense with suspicion and prejudice. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. PEN/Faulkner Award. 1995.
In Kerala, southern India, in 1969, the lives of Rahel and Esthappen change forever when their English cousin and her…
mother arrive on a Christmas visit. Winner of the 1997 Booker Prize.
Istanbul - 1975. Kemal, scion of one of the city's wealthiest families, is about to become engaged to Sibel, daughter…
of another prominent family, when he encounters Fusun, a beautiful shopgirl and a distant relation. Thus begins an obsessive but tragic love affair that will transform itself into a compulsive collection of objects - a museum of one man's broken heart. Some descriptions of violence and some descriptions of sex. c2009. Uniform title: Masumiyet müzesi.
A compelling account of private life in the age of Macdonald and Laurier. The author has used personal letters, diaries,…
scrapbooks, memoirs and social columns. 1984 Governor General's Award winner. c1984.
In 1876, Big Bear, a Plains Cree, refused to let the government push his people off their land and onto…
a reserve. While courageous, his stand brought starvation to his followers and tore apart the Cree community and eventually his own family. A fictional account of Big Bear's struggle and the culture and history of the Cree Indians. Winner of the 1973 Governor General's Award.
Ava Boatman and her brother, Jon, have come to Vietnam in search of their missing father, Charles. A Vietnam vet…
with a terrible secret that has turned him into an emotionally distant loner, Charles has made a pilgrimage to a small Vietnamese village. As Ada and Jon try to find Charles, they also deal with their own fears, in completely different ways. Descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. Winner of the 2005 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be…
a princess, and the devious rat Roscuro, are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and ultimately, into each other's lives. Grades 4-7. 2004 Newbery Medal winner. 2003.
A stranger is found murdered in the village bistro and antiques store and all clues point to bistro owner Olivier…
being the killer. Once again, Chief Inspector Gamache and his team are called in to strip back layers of lies, exposing both treasures and rancid secrets long buried - but not forgotten. Some strong language. 2009.