En raison de circonstances imprévues, notre Centre de contact français sera fermé aujourd'hui (lundi 15 juin) à 16h45, heure de l'Est. Les heures normales de service reprendront le mardi 16 juin. On s'excuse pour tout inconvénient que ça pourrait occasionner.
Articles 1 à 3 sur 3
A 2025 International Booker Prize Longlist NomineeA scathing, provocative novel about contemporary existence by a rising star in Italian literature."One…
of Europe&’s most talented young writers, Latronico has written the great Berlin novel we&’ve all been waiting for." —Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker staff journalistAnna and Tom, an expat couple, have fashioned a dream life for themselves in Berlin. They are young digital "creatives" exploring the excitements of the city, freelancers without too many constraints, who spend their free time cultivating house plants and their images online. At first, they reasonably deduce that they've turned their passion for aesthetics into a viable, even enviable career, but the years go by, and Anna and Tom grow bored. As their friends move back home or move on, so their own work and sex life—and the life of Berlin itself—begin to lose their luster. An attempt to put their politics into action fizzles in embarrassed self-doubt. Edging closer to forty, they try living as digital nomads only to discover that, wherever they go, "the brand of oat milk in their flat whites was the same." Perfection—Vincenzo Latronico's first book to be translated into English—is a scathing novel about contemporary existence, a tale of two people gradually waking up to find themselves in various traps, wondering how it all came to be. Was it a lack of foresight, or were they just born too late?
How to Dodge a Cannonball is a razor-sharp satire that dives into the heart of the Civil War, hilariously questioning…
the essence of the fight, not just for territory, but for the soul of America.How to Dodge a Cannonball is funnier than the Civil War should ever be. It follows Anders, a teenage idealist who enlists and reenlists to shape the American Future—as soon as he figures out what that is, who it includes, and why everyone wants him to die for it. Escaping his violently insane mother is a bonus.Anders finds honor as a proud Union flag twirler—until he’s captured. Then he tries life as a diehard Confederate—until fate asks him to die hard for the Confederacy at Gettysburg. Barely alive, Anders limps into a Black Union regiment in a stolen uniform. While visibly white, he claims to be an octoroon, and they claim to believe him. Only then does his life get truly strange.His new brothers are even stranger, including a science-fiction playwright, a Haitian double agent, and a former slave feuding with God. Despite his best efforts, Anders starts seeing the war through their eyes, sparking ill-timed questions about who gets to be American or exploit the theater of war. Dennard Dayle’s satire spares no one as doomed charges, draft riots, gleeful arms dealers, and native suppression campaigns test everyone’s definition of loyalty.Uproariously funny and revelatory, How to Dodge a Cannonball asks if America is worth fighting for. And then answers loudly. Read it while it’s still legal.
SOON TO BE A FEATURE FILM STARRING MAIKA MONROE, THOMASIN MCKENZIE AND JASON ISSACS A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK…
OF THE YEAR NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New Yorker, TIME, Bookpage, and the Chicago Public Library "[A] savage thriller... Victorian Psycho offers a wickedly subversive look at a woman on the verge of a murderous rampage." —Shannon Carlin, TIME • The American Booksellers Association's #1 Indie Next Great Read! (Feb 2025) • A Matty Maggiacomo Book Club Selection "The bloody belle of the 2025 literary ball" (Oprah Daily), Victorian Psycho unleashed an iconic new antihero on us all. "Simmering with rage, propulsive and laugh out loud funny" (Catriona Ward), Victorian Psycho hacked its way into the hearts of readers and critics alike. In this gruesome tale, Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect governess. But long, listless days spent within the estate’s dreary confines come with an intimate knowledge of the perversions and pathetic preoccupations of the Pounds family, and Winifred struggles to stifle the violent compulsions of her past. Blissfully, Christmas is coming, and she has very special gifts planned for these dear, ugly souls… One of the most horrifyingly beloved novels of the year, Victorian Psycho "lives up to its literary namesakes, delivering unrelenting gore and shock" (Jac Jemc, New York Times Book Review) and affirming Virginia Feito as a master of the darkest craft.