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Prepare to have your conception of truth rocked to its very foundation. It is the year 2004. Violent crime is the number one political issue in America.

The suspenseful, emotionally resonant, and utterly compelling story of what brings an enigmatic French woman to a small Canadian town in the 1930s, a woman who has found depths of strength in dark

The Man Who Was Not With It is the story of young Bud Williams and his safari southward to Florida.

In a coastal town on the Outer Carolina Banks, David Ribault and Merrill Poulnot are trying to revive their stale relationship and commit to marriage, and a slick developer claiming to be related t

Set in 1970s Japan, this tender and poetic novel about a young, single mother struggling to find her place in the world is an early triumph by a modern Japanese master.

Une vie, le premier roman de Maupassant, raconte une vie parmi d'autres – n'importe laquelle, celle de n'importe qui, la vie.

"A beautifully wrought tale full of characters that live and breathe. This surprising story from Strobel, a bold and engaging storyteller, left me sighing with pleasure and wanting more.

"Avant d'y arriver, je savais que ma présence au bord du Jourdain, sur les bases palestiniennes, ne serait jamais clairement dite : j'avais accueilli cette révolte de la même façon q

On a cold bright day, fifteen-year-old Adriana Dunea wakes up to find that her world has transformed overnight.

Si "tout finit toujours bien", alors pas de doute : Alice est loin, très loin de la fin ! Aujourd'hui, Alice a tout perdu : le petit ami, le job à Paris et le super appart.

Some decisions change your day. Some will change your life.

Paris, 1942. Constantin von Meck, metteur en scène allemand qui a fait l'essentiel de sa carrière à Hollywood, tourne un film pour la U.F.A.

Of all the great Japanese novelists, Kobe Abe was indubitably the most versatile.

In the English town of Ennistone, hot springs bubble up from deep beneath the earth. In these healing waters the townspeople seek health and regeneration, righteousness and ritual cleansing.

ALA Notable Book; 1994 Mississippi Writers Award for Fiction; 1994 Southern Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.