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Tais-toi et meurs: roman (Vendredi 13)
By Alain Mabanckou. 2012
Fraîchement débarqué de son Congo natal sous un faux nom, Julien Makambo est accueilli à Paris par Pedro, figure de…
proue du milieu congolais, qui prend le jeune Candide sous son aile. Entre petites magouilles et combines souterraines, les affaires tournent à Château-Rouge et Julien mène la belle vie - jusqu'à ce maudit vendredi 13, où il se retrouve mêlé malgré lui à la défenestration d'une jeune femme. c2012.Suisen: roman
By Aki Shimazaki. 2016
À la tête d'une société prospère fondée par son grand-père, Gorô est marié avec une femme de bonne famille et…
père de deux enfants pour qui il a des ambitions claires. Il entretient deux maîtresses - dont une magnifique actrice -, il s'entoure de clients importants dans les bars et exhibe fièrement des photos de lui auprès de célébrités. Même s'il croit en mériter toujours davantage, Gorô trouve qu'il a bien réussi sa vie. Or, le jour où ses convictions sont une à une ébranlées, il est forcé de se regarder franchement dans le miroir, sans doute pour la première fois. 2016.Seul l'amour demeure: [roman]
By Stefanie Zweig, Jean-Marie Argelès. 2007
Allemagne, janvier 1938. Walter Redlich, avocat juif, prend le train de l'exil pour l'Italie afin d'embarquer sur un navire à…
destination du Kenya, au risque d'être arrêté à la frontière et interné dans un camp. L'espoir de commencer une vie nouvelle le dispute au déchirement de quitter sa patrie, la Haute-Silésie. Six mois plus tard, sa femme et sa petite fille, Regina, font le même voyage pour le rejoindre. Sur le continent africain, un train bien différent marquera pour l'enfant de cinq ans et demi sa première rencontre avec un peuple, une langue, une terre qui deviendront pour toujours sa patrie de coeur. Jusqu'en 1947, date du retour de la famille Redlich en Allemagne, six trajets ferroviaires se succéderont ainsi, au cours desquels ces personnages ballottés par la tourmente de l'Histoire laisseront affleurer les souvenirs d'une existence révolue, partageront avec le lecteur leurs terreurs, leurs espoirs et leurs joies, tantôt dans l'atmosphère étouffante de l'Allemagne nazie, tantôt dans le cadre enchanté et précaire de l'Afrique coloniale. Renouant les fils de son autobiographie entamée avec Une enfance africaine, Stefanie Zweig retrace de manière poignante les moments clés de ces destinées parfois tragiques, avec sensibilité, finesse et humour". 2007. Titre uniforme: Nu die Liebe bleibt.Sur les pas de Rûmi
By Nahal Tajadod. 2006
Trente-six récits adaptés du Masnavi, l'oeuvre maîtresse du mystique Rumi, revisités par N. Tajadod. Pour présenter ces histoires choisies pour…
leur qualité allégorique, N. Tajadod a inventé un personnage, un relieur de Nichapur, ville importante du Khorasan, qui, de simple disciple au début de sa route, devient porteur de sagesse en fin de parcours.Sourires de loup
By Zadie Smith, Claude Demanuelli. 2001
Zadie Smith s'offre une saga familiale qui va des années 70 aux années 90, en passant par la seconde guerre…
mondiale, avec dans les rôles-titres, les deux patriarches et inséparables amis, Archibald Jones et Samad Iqubal. Le premier, affublé d'une patte folle et d'envies suicidaires, trouve une femme en la personne d'une exubérante Jamaïcaine. Le second, Indien et musulman, une main bousillée, est serveur dans un restaurant indien de seconde classe. Les deux femmes trouvent bientôt un terrain d'entente motivé par une grossesse simultanée qui entraîne les deux familles vers un futur fait de cris, de rugissements et d'aventures rocambolesques. 2001.Séfarade
By Antonio Muñoz Molina, Philippe Bataillon. 2003
Un hommage poignant à tous les déportés et aux apatrides de l'âme. "Séfarade" n'est ni un roman, ni un essai,…
ni un simple témoignage. Mais un long monologue intérieur où se croisent les voies brisées de tous ceux qui, au fil du XXe siècle, furent victimes de l'exil. Exil spirituel, psychologique et surtout politique; en 27 chapitres reliés par la même obsession, Muñoz Molina raconte comment des innocents furent brutalement chassés de leur terre et de leurs rêves, comment, avec la peur pour seul bagage, ils furent embarqués dans les funestes convois qui menaient vers les geôles fascistes, les goulags staliniens ou les camps d'extermination nazis. Violence. 2003. Titre uniforme: Sefarad.Tale of a boon's wife
By Fartumo Kusow. 2017
Idil has grown up as the adored daughter in a privileged family. She worships her father, a high-ranking official in…
the Somali army, and all that he represents. But as she matures and watches her parents' marriage unravel, her father's image tarnishes. Always curious and questioning, Idil begins to rebel and becomes a threat and an affront to her family's social standing. When she falls in love with gentle Sidow from the lower-class Boon tribe, their love is not only taboo, it is doomed. Idil is ready to give up her family and social status to be with him. But she cannot guess how terrifying the repercussions will be. 2017.Sunshine & Rain
By Dawn Desiree. 2018
With their families torn apart by the vicious life of the streets, Sunshine and Rain find each other living with…
the same foster mother, who has a secret life of her own. With Rain's stern heart of steel and Sunshine's innocent heart of gold, they try to cope with traumatic, unforeseen circumstances that come their way. Watch as Sunshine and Rain deal with death, betrayal, love, and sweet temptation. Can their newfound friendship survive through all the madness? 2018.Taking care of business (Business series.)
By Lutishia Lovely. 2012
Determined to make a name for himself and show up his brother Toussaint, Jefferson Livingstone instead must work together with…
his brother to keep their family dynasty from falling apart when an old enemy returns. 2012.Suspicions (Griot audio)
By Sasha Campbell. 2011
Because Noelle Gordon owns the hottest beauty salon in the area, she hears a lot about her clients' private lives.…
But when a baby is abandoned on her doorstep, Noelle finds that she is the one at the centre of all the drama. 2011.Taking sides
By Gary Soto. 1999
Eighth-grader Lincoln Mendoza and his mother have just moved from a San Francisco barrio to a wealthy, predominantly white suburb.…
He misses his Hispanic friends and his old neighborhood. And although he’s made first string on the basketball team, the coach dislikes him for no apparent reason. As Mendoza prepares to play basketball against his old school, he feels torn and unsure of where he belongs. Junior High. 1999.Tar baby
By Toni Morrison. 1983
Into a white millionaire's Caribbean mansion come Jadine - graduate of the Sorbonne, art historian, an American black now living…
in Paris and Rome - and Son, a criminal on the run, uneducated, violent, contemptuous, an American black from small-town Florida. Son is a threat to her freedom; she is a threat to his identity. Strong language. 1983.Super sad true love story
By Gary Shteyngart. 2010
Lenny Abramov lives in futuristic Manhattan with his younger Korean lover Eunice Park, marketing eternal life to those who can…
afford it. He describes their chaotic world in an old-fashioned diary while Eunice confides in e-mails. 2010.Sweetsmoke
By David Fuller. 2008
1862. Cassius Howard, a slave on Virginia’s Sweetsmoke tobacco plantation, vows to avenge the murder of Emoline Justice, an old…
freed woman who saved his life. As the Civil War rages, Cassius risks everything - punishment, sale, even his life - for justice. 2008.Surviving the seasons
By Fern Kupfer. 1988
Sarah and Jake Pearlman remain passionate throughout their 40-year marriage. Their daughters Miriam, a liberal lawyer, and Sunny, a therapist,…
wrestle with the same emotional entanglements their parents faced years ago. Harry and June Elkind have a life of quiet acceptance and the two families over the years in the Bronx and Florida become intertwined - a story of immigrant Jewish families that grows into modern relationships. 1988.Sweetness in the belly
By Camilla Gibb. 2005
White, English, and orphaned at eight, Lilly grows up in Morocco as a Muslim, moves to Harar, Ethiopia, for five…
years and settles in London after political upheaval makes her vulnerable. She agonizes over the uprootings that famine, corruption, and political instability caused in Ethiopia in the 1970s and '80s. Also painful is not knowing whether Aziz, her Ethiopian lover, is alive or dead, putting Lilly in a 17-year limbo between grief and desperate hope. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2005.Second time sweeter (Blessings novel. #9.)
By Beverly Jenkins. 2018
A little help from the people of Henry Adams, Kansas, gives both Mal, a recovering alcoholic, and Gary, a store…
owner who reunites with his high school sweetheart, a second chance at happiness. 2018.Street rap: from the trenches to rap royalty (Crescent Crew. #1.)
By Shaun Sinclair. 2018
For Reece and Qwess, being rap superstars was the dream, but in real life nothing moved without the money. So…
they formed the Crescent Crew, an outfit of young, ruthless hustlers that locked the Southern drug trade in a stranglehold. They're at the height of their power when Qwess is offered a record deal from a major label. He accepts and makes plans for his whole crew to go legit, but Reece enjoys his position as king of the streets and has no desire to relinquish his crown. As a rift in the crew grows, Qwess is busy gliding up the charts and Reece expands Crescent Crew's powerful reach into new territory. Then tragedy strikes close to home and Qwess is pulled back into the streets he desperately fought to escape. Will he fall victim to the trap, or will he become a superstar of rap? 2018.Song of ascent: stories
By Gabriella Goliger. 2000
German Jews Ernst and Hannah Birnbaum flee Hitler but cannot escape the shadow of the Holocaust. In Montreal they attempt…
to create a shelter for their children, Rachel and Avi. This new generation struggles with the inherited alienation that accompanies exile, striving to both protect and escape their vulnerable elders. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2000.Scoundrels, dreamers & second sons: British remittance men in the Canadian west
By Mark Zuehlke. 1994
Between 1880 and the First World War, British remittance men arrived in the Canadian West. These remittance men, in many…
instances, tried to recreate the aura of landed gentry. The author tells of the efforts to bring "good breeding" to the Wild West. 1994.