Delicacy

Foenkinos, David

Literature & Fiction

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

Obsessed with art, and with living, Charlotte attended school in Germany until it was too dangerous to remain, fled to France, and was interned in a bleak work camp from which she narrowly escaped. Newly free, she spent two years in almost total solitude, creating a series of autobiographical art―images, words, even musical scores―that together tell her life story. A pregnant Charlotte was killed in Auschwitz at the age of 26, but not before she entrusted her life's work to a friend, who kept it safe until peacetime. The result, an extraordinary novel avant la lettre, was eventually published as Life? or Theatre? (and now reissued by Overlook), a unique, relentlessly complete artistic expression.In Charlotte, David Foenkinos―with passion, life, humor, and intelligent observation―has written his own utterly original tribute to Charlotte Salomon's tragic life and transcendent art. His gorgeous, haunting, and ultimately redemptive novel is the result of a long-cherished desire to honor this young artist. Infused with the emotion of a writer who connects deeply with his subject, and masterfully and sensitively translated by Sam Taylor, Charlotte is a triumph of creative expression, a monument to genius stilled too soon, and an ode to the will to survive.

Charlotte: A Novel

Literary

The Overlook Press

International literary phenomenon, multiple award-winner, and massive bestseller with over 500,000 copies in print in France and rights sold in 24 countries, Charlotte tells a fictionalized version of Charlotte Salomon’s story with passion, life, humor, and intelligent observation. An utterly original tribute to Charlotte Salomon’s tragic life and transcendent art, Foenkinos’s novel is the result of a long-cherished desire to honor this young artist. Infused with the emotion of a writer who connects deeply with his subject, and masterfully and sensitively translated by Sam Taylor, Charlotte is a triumph of creative expression, a monument to genius stilled too soon, and an ode to the will to survive.

In 1975 John Lennon moved to New York City, stopped being a Beatle, and started being a father. Now, experience life from Lennon’s perspective as David Foenkinos’ mesmerizing story is adapted to graphic form by Corbeyran and Horne. Though his life was cut tragically short in front of his home by a fan, John Lennon's forty years on earth changed millions of lives and shaped the course of pop culture. Many know the Beatle, the activist, the man gone balmy over Yoko -- but more lies beneath the surface. From the imagined couch of a fictional therapist in NYC’s posh Dakota building, Lennon recounts the many joys, shortcomings, failures, and triumphs that marked this pop culture juggernaut’s rise to superstardom. Journey through an icon's isolated homelife, prying classmates, violent behaviour and self-destructive tendencies as the building blocks of explosive creativty fall into place. Nominated for a 2018 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work

Lennon: The New York Years

Comics & Graphic Novels

CORBEYRAN

Graphic Novels

IDW Publishing

Paris Saint-Germain (édition en anglais): Closer to the stars

Sports & Outdoors

Assouline

The delightful first title in a new series - a fast-paced comic mystery enriched by a deep love of books.

The Mystery of Henri Pick (Walter Presents)

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Pushkin Press

A disillusioned Parisian writer finds inspiration in the ordinary lives of his neighbours, the Martins. 'A wonderful surprise'&nbsp;L'Express Is it true that every life is the stuff of novels? Or are some people just too ordinary? This is the question a struggling Parisian writer asks when he challenges himself to write about the first person he sees when he steps outside his apartment. Secretly hoping to meet the beautiful woman who occasionally smokes on his street, he instead sets eyes on octogenarian Madeleine. She's happy to become the subject of his project, but first she needs to put her shopping away... Wondering if his project is doomed to be hopelessly banal, he soon finds himself tangled in the lives of Madeleine's family. Though calm on the surface, the Martins have secrets, troubles and woes, and the writer discovers that the most compelling story is that of an ordinary life.

The Martins

Humor & Satire

Gallic Books

"An exquisitely bittersweet comedy of life's missed opportunities" Jonathan Coe, author of Bournville A magical imagining of&nbsp;the fate of a fictional boy whose life is shaped forever when he loses out on the role of Harry Potter. It's 1999. Martin Hill is ten years old, crazy about Arsenal and has a minor crush on a girl named Betty.&nbsp;Then he makes it to the final two in the casting for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.&nbsp; In the end, the other boy is picked for the role of a lifetime. A devastated Martin tries to move on with his life. But how can he escape his failure, especially when it's the most famous film series in the world?&nbsp; Foenkinos's smash-hit Second Best is a playful, poignant story about fate, loss and how the lives we wish we'd led might not be all they're cracked up to be . . .

Second Best

Nos séparations

Gallimard]

R150223412. LA DELICATESSE. 25-11-2009. In-8. Broch. Bon tat, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intrieur frais. 200 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.091-XX me sicle

La délicatesse

Contemporary

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