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"Tu as vingt-cinq ans et vingt-neuf dents, trois chemises et huit chaussettes, quelques livres que tu ne lis plus, quelques disques que tu n'écoutes plus.

Ha Jin's masterful new novel casts a searchlight into a forgotten corner of modern history, the experience of Chinese soldiers held in U.S. POW camps during the Korean War.

The Second World War. Poland. Our narrator has no intention of being a hero. He plans to survive this war, whatever it takes.

The marriage of Dexter and Rosalie Fairchild-a relationship reflecting the security and privilege of their upper-class New York City lives-is disrupted by personal and political tensions arising fr

"Tawada's slender accounts of alienation achieve a remarkable potency." —Michael Porter, *The New York Times*.

Twenty-five stories, twenty-five paintings, five years to write, ten years to paint.

“[A] certifiable masterpiece” from the acclaimed chronicler of New York City’s old money elite (The New York Observer).

'Being in charge of your own life, and making decisions based on what you want to do rather than what you have to do, gives you a rare kind of contentment and shows you that every ordinary day

The bestselling author of Proofiness and Zero explains how to separate fact from fantasy in the digital world.

Ce roman est l'histoire de Nadia, enfant puis adolescente, qui apprend à lire et à découvrir le monde.

"A wickedly plotted mystery with a metafictional twist that feels far fresher than those of more contemporary versions with the same idea" -The New York Times.

The acclaimed author of *Jesus' Son* and *Already Dead* returns with a beautiful, haunting, and darkly comic novel.

Un homme rêve de retrouver une femme qu'il a aimée. Un maître espion cherche à recruter une taupe. Leurs chemins se croisent. Cela s'est passé au XXe siècle.

The Road to Lichfield is the Booker Prize shortlisted first novel by Penelope Lively.

If one theme unifies the 11 tales collected here, it is that of longing.