Paul Holiday formula!, Michel Rabagliati
To celebrate the 25the anniversary of the series Paul, La Pastèque editions offer two albums bringing together four emblematic adventures of the famous character of Michel Rabagliati. The first volume, on the theme of adolescence, brings together Paul has a summer job And Paul in the Northwhile the second, designed around the concept of family, contains comic strips Paul in apartment And Paul fishing. A new supplement completes this “holiday package”. A golden opportunity to discover or rediscover one of our greatest comic artists.
Home, Toni Morrison
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for Beloved and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993 for all of her vast and polymorphous work, the African-American writer Toni Morrison (1931-2019) published Homehis tenth and penultimate novel, in 2012. In the tribulations of Frank Money, 24 years old, traumatized by the Korean War, and his sister, Cee, four years his junior, guinea pig of a white doctor, the The author brilliantly crystallizes the segregationist America of the 1950s, the horror as well as the redemption.
A book on Mélanie Cabay, François Blais
On June 22, 1994, a young girl with no history was kidnapped and murdered. Having promised himself never to forget this tragic event, the late François Blais dedicated this remarkable novel to it. This story, combining autobiography, investigation and testimony, addresses with depth and originality the unacceptable banality of violence against women. Driven by a worry about facing the world and by a clever mix of popular culture and pessimistic humor, A book on Mélanie Cabay offers new and impactful insight into the entire work of François Blais.
The Spy Who Loved Books, John le Carré
The final book by John le Carré, this astonishing novel denounces and dissects the flaws of the British secret services, raising the doubts and the pangs of those who are responsible for spying on their fellow men. Julian, a bookseller in a quiet Norfolk seaside resort, finds his life turned upside down by a visit from Edward, a Polish immigrant who knows many details about him. With his precise and lapidary pen, John le Carré finely unravels the stitches of a deft and complex story to deliver the truth about this strange character. Exciting.
Fairyland, Alysia Abbott
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A thousand secrets, a thousand dangers, Alain Farah
Alain is preparing to marry Virginie in the crypt of the Saint-Joseph oratory of Mont-Royal, on what promises to be the most beautiful day of his life. However, as the celebration approaches, Alain is worse than ever, tortured by anxiety, insomnia and illness. Not to mention that his best man seems to be losing touch with reality. In a moving, funny and fascinating story that takes place over just twenty-four hours, Alain Farah addresses the great joys and sorrows of existence, from exile to religion, including mourning and inheritance. family. Candy.
Galatea, Suzanne Jacob
Suzanne Jacob’s work has not aged a bit. The novel Passion according to Galatea, published in 1987 by Le Seuil and just republished in pocket format by Boréal, raises questions which, almost 40 years later, sharply twist the contours of our world and what it means to inhabit it as a female. Through a tenacious and daring heroine and a delightful gallery of characters, the writer thinks about self-presentation, narcissism, conformism and power relations. A vibrant plea for the sovereignty of the imagination.
The cowboys are tired, Julien Gravelle
Rozie lives alone with her dogs, at the end of an abandoned logging road, somewhere between the Mistassini and Ouasiemsca rivers. Adept at solitude, he nevertheless begins to tire of the weight of days spent manufacturing amphetamines in a clandestine laboratory on behalf of a traffickers’ bank. With an abundant language tinged with scathing humor, Julien Gravelle makes a successful foray into crime fiction, weaving a gripping intrigue, magnified by a perfect end-of-the-world atmosphere.
Fatal mechanisms, Olivier Descamps
Teenagers hungry for strong emotions during the holidays will happily dive into this horror novel which is inspired by the greatest films of the genre. François is invited by his uncle to come and inaugurate a horror-themed amusement park with his friends. On site, they are served by decorations and spine-chilling music. When a terrible incident occurs, however, it is no longer a question of play, but of survival. Olivier Descamps gradually reveals the details of a distressing plot, sprinkled with clues that make reading active and engaging.
Women’s toilet, Marilyn French
This is the story of Mira Ward, of her emancipation in the terribly coercive America of the 1950s. Published in 1977, with more than 20 million copies sold worldwide, the novel by Marilyn French (1929-2009) , astonishingly modern, is a classic of feminist literature which allows us to measure the extent of the progress we have made while shedding light on the present, a time when women’s rights continue to be threatened in the four corners of the globe.
