An entertaining and gorgeously illustrated portrait of a writer's life avec chats from the acclaimed author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog - and her four cats.
Muriel Barbery Books
May 28, 1969
Alejandro de Yepes and Jesús Rocamora, young officers in the Spanish regular army, are stationed alone at Castillo when a friendly redhead named Petrus appears out of nowhere. There is something magnetic and deeply mysterious about him. Alejandro and Jesús are bewitched, and, in the middle of the sixth year of the longest war humankind has ever endured, they abandon their post to follow him across a bridge that only he can see. Petrus brings them to a world of lingering fog, strange beings, poetry, music, natural wonders, harmony and extraordinary beauty. This is where the fate of the world and all its living creatures is decided. Yet this world too is under threat. A long battle against the forces of disenchantment is drawing to a climactic close. Will poetry and beauty prevail over darkness and death? And what role will Alejandro and Jesús play? Muriel Barbery's richly imagined new novel, the sequel to The Life of Elves, will transport readers to a lost world exposed to the constant churn of civilisations and remind them of the power of poetry and imagination.
Chaque année, 3 000 personnes périssent en mer Méditerranée en tentant la traversée dans des embarcations de fortune. Depuis 2015, l'association sos mediterranee organise des opérations de secours grâce au navire Ocean Viking. Afin de soutenir ces sauvetages, dix-sept auteurs contemporains nous livrent un recueil de récits puissants, nous invitant à changer notre regard sur le monde. Tous les bénéfices de ce livre caritatif au contenu inédit seront intégralement reversés à SOS Méditerranée.
Il grande bestseller francese: il romanzo di Muriel Barbery racconta la vita di una concierge piccola e brutta ma colta e di una ragazza di famiglie benestanti. Con umorismo e ironia, le due protagoniste esplorano la musica, i manga, Dio e il mondo, offrendo una satira sociale e una guida intelligente all'arte e alla filosofia.
The Gourmet is Muriel Barbery's first novel. Translated by Alison Anderson. France's greatest food critic is dying, after a lifetime in single-minded pursuit of sensual delights. But as Pierre Arthens lies on his death bed, he is tormented by an inability to recall the most delicious food ever to pass his lips, which he ate long before becoming a critic. Desperate to taste it one more time, he looks back over the years to see if he can pin down the elusive dish. Revealing far more than his love of great food, the narration by this larger-than-life individual alternates with the voices of those closest to him and their own experiences of the man. AUTHOR: Muriel Barbery teaches philosophy. and lives in Japan with her husband. Her second novel, The Elegance of the Hedgehog is a best seller in Europe and Australia.
Nedokonalá bouře
- 200 pages
- 7 hours of reading
V prázdninovém domě nizozemské rodiny Helderových, zasazeném do okcitánské krajiny Aubracu v jižní Francii, se po předčasné smrti spisovatele Thomase schází jeho rodina a přátelé. Objeví se tu i Margaux Chenetová, renomovaná francouzská architektka a Thomasova blízká přítelkyně, která ovšem s Helderovými před lety zpřetrhala všechny vazby. Dům uprostřed nádherné zasněžené krajiny je plný vzdálených vzpomínek mezi Aubracem a Amsterdamem: tam všichni vyrostli, tam se milovali a někdy si lhali. Margaux se stává středobodem všech rozhovorů, povídá si se všemi, zvláště pak s Jorgem, starším bratrem zesnulého. Nevšední a upřímná konverzace, která se mezi nimi rozvíjí, ji však konfrontuje s duchy minulosti.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
- 325 pages
- 12 hours of reading
The lives of fifty-four-year-old concierge Rene Michel and extremely bright, suicidal twelve-year-old Paloma Josse are transformed by the arrival of a new tenant, Kakuro Ozu.
