Duology-1 (7)




3.

La rivière à l'envers by Jean-Claude Mourlevat FR

Rating: 5 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
Ainsi vous avez tout dans votre magasin ? demanda la jeune fille. Vraiment tout ? Tomek se trouva un peu embarrassé : "Oui... enfin tout le nécessaire..." "Alors, dit la petite voix fragile, alors vous aurez peut-être de l'eau de la rivière Qjar ?" Tomek ignorait ce qu'était cette eau, et la jeune fille le vit bien : "C'est l'eau qui empêche de mourir, vous ne le saviez pas ?"

4.

PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
A novel about holding on, letting go, and learning to love again. Now in paperback, the endearing novel that captured readers' hearts and introduced a fresh new voice in women's fiction -- Cecelia Ahern. Holly couldn't live without her husband Gerry, until the day she had to. They were the kind of young couple who could finish each other's sentences. When Gerry succumbs to a terminal illness and dies, 30-year-old Holly is set adrift, unable to pick up the pieces. But with the help of a series of letters her husband left her before he died and a little nudging from an eccentric assortment of fa... continue

5.

The Cat who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa EN

Rating: 4 (8 votes)
Country: Asia / Japan flag Japan
Description:
"Bookish high school student Rintaro Natsuki is about to close the secondhand bookstore he has inherited from his beloved bookworm grandfather. However, one day, a talking cat named Tiger appears and asks Rintaro to save books with him. Of course, "ask" is putting it politely -- Tiger is demanding Rintaro's help. The world is full of lonely books, left unread and unloved, and only Tiger and Rintaro can liberate them from their neglectful owners. And so, the odd couple begin an amazing journey, entering different mazes to set books free. Through their travels, Tiger and Rintaro meet a man who l... continue

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The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth EN

0 Ratings
Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
Description:
By one of the most distinguished Austrian writers of our century, a portrait of three generations set against the panoramic background of the declining Austro-Hungarian Empire. Translated by a three-time winner of the PEN Translation Prize.

7.

The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike EN

Rating: 3 (2 votes)
Description:
“John Updike is the great genial sorcerer of American letters [and] The Witches of Eastwick [is one of his] most ambitious works. . . . [A] comedy of the blackest sort.”—The New York Times Book Review Toward the end of the Vietnam era, in a snug little Rhode Island seacoast town, wonderful powers have descended upon Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie, bewitching divorcées with sudden access to all that is female, fecund, and mysterious. Alexandra, a sculptor, summons thunderstorms; Jane, a cellist, floats on the air; and Sukie, the local gossip columnist, turns milk into cream. Their happy little cove... continue


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