An exciting saga
Is it an adventure or love book, a historical or magical novel? “The Jaguar’s Dream” is all of this at the same time, a baroque and crazy family saga, written with infectious enthusiasm. As a baby, Antonio is abandoned on the steps of a church. He will be taken in by a beggar, will study in a brothel before becoming a great surgeon. If you liked “Veille sur elle” by Jean-Baptiste Andréa, you will love this coming-of-age novel where Venezuela is much more than a landscape, a character.
“The dream of the jaguar”, by Miguel Bonnefoy (Rivages)
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A love story
Isor is like no one else, a locked-down little girl who impresses even her very loving parents. The meeting with Lucien, her old neighbor who is just as fierce as she, transforms her life. Lucien gives him the keys to the world, and Isor will tell it in his own way, a little crazy, and very beautiful. A first novel which will delight all those who do not know how to live in the nails of existence.
“Anger and envy”, by Alice Renard (Point)
A hilarious novel
Would you like to have the power to eliminate from the face of the earth all the opportunists who annoy you, irritate you, displease you? This is what happens to Cyril, a previously uneventful teacher who is very distressed at the idea of unwittingly liquidating his unbearable sister-in-law on Christmas Eve… Some scenes make you laugh to yourself, others make their eyes sparkle, it’s funny but not only that, very touching too. A very human comedy.
“Fort Alamo”, by Fabrice Caro (Gallimard)
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