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Eucalyptus: a novel
Par Murray Bail. 1998
At nineteen, Ellen has become quite a beauty. Her father has decided that the man who names all of the…
hundreds of eucalyptuses he owns may have Ellen's hand in marriage. But Ellen prefers a storyteller she meets in the woodsRouge
Par Mona Awad. 2023
From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose…
mother's unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty. Can she escape her mother’s fate—and find a connection that is more than skin deep?For as long as she can remember, Belle has been insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare videos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies, Belle finds herself back in Southern California, dealing with her mother’s considerable debts and grappling with lingering questions about her death. The stakes escalate when a strange woman in red appears at the funeral, offering a tantalizing clue about her mother’s demise, followed by a cryptic video about a transformative spa experience. With the help of a pair of red shoes, Belle is lured into the barbed embrace of La Maison de Méduse, the same lavish, culty spa to which her mother was devoted. There, Belle discovers the frightening secret behind her (and her mother’s) obsession with the mirror—and the great shimmering depths (and demons) that lurk on the other side of the glass.Snow White meets Eyes Wide Shut in this surreal descent into the dark side of beauty, envy, grief, and the complicated love between mothers and daughters. With black humor and seductive horror, Rouge explores the cult-like nature of the beauty industry—as well as the danger of internalizing its pitiless gaze. Brimming with California sunshine and blood-red rose petals, Rouge holds up a warped mirror to our relationship with mortality, our collective fixation with the surface, and the wondrous, deep longing that might lie beneath.The Garden of Eden
Par Ernest Hemingway. 1987
Salvaged from three manuscript versions, this early novel is set in the 1920s in France and Spain. Young and successful…
writer David Bourne is honeymooning with his wife, Catherine. She has her hair cropped as short as a boy's and tells David of her yearning to play sex-role games. David temporarily acquiesces, but trouble begins to brew. Some strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1986The adolescent
Par Fyodor Dostoyevsky. 1971
First published in Russian in 1874. Nineteen-year-old Arkady Dolgoruky completes school but refuses to go on to university. Instead, he…
goes to St. Petersburg in search of his father. The illegitimate son of an idealistic landowner and the gardener's wife, Arkady has trouble determining where he belongs in Russian societyShe came to stay: a novel
Par Simone Beauvoir. 1954
Originally published in 1943 as L'Invitee. In Paris on the brink of World War II, two intellectuals try to establish…
intimacy with a newcomer. Francoise probes her feelings of love and jealousy when her long-term relationship with Pierre becomes threatened by Xaviere, a younger woman. Xaviere is determined to stay, regardless of the consequencesIn our time
Par Ernest Hemingway. 1930
Kora and Ka with Mira-Mare
Par H. D. 1996
Two experimental pieces written in 1930 by the imagist poet "H.D." set in Monte Carlo. In the first, Kora is…
John Helforth's companion while he recovers from a nervous breakdown. His Ka, from the Egyptian concept of shadow-soul, also accompanies them. In "Mira-Mare," Alex explores the beach setting. The eleven-page introduction by Robert Spoo provides literary commentaryCaprice
Par Ronald Firbank. 1993
Sally Sinquier, a provincial clergyman's daughter, steals from her family in order to pursue her dream of becoming an actress.…
After fleeing to London, she discovers a new world, both complex and humorousDeep river
Par Shūsaku Endō. 1994
Novel of spiritual questioning by award-winning Japanese author. Four Japanese travelers visit the Ganges River in India, where they confront…
the dramas of their lives. The river has symbolic significance, especially evoking the convergence of the Buddhist, Christian, and Hindu religionsPendant (Le club des dames d'argent #2)
Par Dominique Drouin. 2022
Retrouvez avec bonheur vos lectrices soixantenaires, bien installées dans leur immeuble en copropriété. Suivez les huit héroïnes durant les deux…
années de la pandémie, avec tous les bouleversements que celle-ci implique. Comme dans le premier tome, chaque chapitre évolue autour d'un livre au programme du club de lecture des dames, qui entraîne conversations et réflexions au sujet de leurs vies, de leurs accomplissements, de leurs échecs, de leurs désirs... Le roman met en lumière les amitiés touchantes entre ces femmes, présentes les unes pour les autres, beau temps, mauvais temps.Deuxième opus d'une trilogie dont le dernier tome se déroule après la pandémieMon fils ne revint que sept jours
Par David Clerson. 2023
Une femme passant ses étés seule dans un chalet en Mauricie reçoit la visite de son fils disparu depuis plus…
de dix ans. Jour après jour, il lui raconte sa vie d'errance ainsi que sa vision hallucinée du réel tandis qu'ils marchent vers une tourbière où ils avaient l'habitude d'aller quand il était enfant. Ce court roman dépeint la beauté singulière de la forêt : les champignons, la flore et la sphaigne, dont l'étrangeté fascinante s'accorde aux récits du fils, qui envoûtent en même temps qu'ils expriment une impossibilité à habiter la vie. Et alors que leurs pieds s'enfoncent dans la tourbière se fait surtout ressentir l'amour d'une mère pour son fils, qui revient pour mieux disparaîtreThe book of Hrabal
Par Péter Esterházy. 1994
Esterhazy looks at the changes taking place in countries once behind the iron curtain through the eyes of a writer,…
his wife, and two angels. Anna is pregnant with her fourth child and wants to have an abortion. Her husband, who is writing a book about Czech author Bohumil Hrabal, objects. So does God, who sends two angels to keep an eye on Anna to make sure she does not have the abortion. Some strong languageSouth Sea tales
Par Jack London. 1994
Eight tales of adventure on the seas of the South Pacific. Salty, often violent characters pit themselves against each other…
and against nature. In "The Seed of McCoy," a smoldering ship is boarded at Pitcairn by a descendant of one of the famous Bounty's survivors, who guides the ship to safety. Introduction by A. Grove Day tells of London's own adventure in the south seas, which inspired and financed his writing. Some violenceAlphabetical Africa
Par Walter Abish. 1974
A unique telling of a mystery tale. Alex, Allen, and Alva arrive in Antibes in the first chapter, which consists…
only of words beginning with the letter "a." Each chapter progresses a letter, until the story reaches Zambia and Zanzibar. Each subsequent chapter deletes a letter until "Africa another alphabet." In the process, a murder mystery punctuated with kinky sex is solved. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sexOld New York: four novellas
Par Edith Wharton. 1924
Originally published in 1924, these four stories offer a glimpse of New York life in the 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, and…
1870s and cover topics dealing with infidelity, illegitimacy, the class system, and the treatment of women. "False Dawn," set in the 1840s, shows a father's contempt for a son who does not follow his instructions to the letter. "New Year's Day," set in the 1870s, reveals the motivation behind a woman's infidelityMister Touch
Par Malcolm Bosse. 1991
A dark tale in which a virus has destroyed civilization, leaving a decayed world of ill people and wild dogs.…
The Skulls, a group of survivors, is lead by Mister Touch, a sleazy Wall Street criminal, who is named for his blindness. He leads a caravan on a dangerous epic journey to Arizona, where they hope to start a new civilization. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sexThe lighthouse at the end of the world
Par Stephen Marlowe. 1995
An experimental work combining biographical fiction, fantasy, and history. An impoverished Edgar Allan Poe sets out on a quest to…
recover an enchanted relic that his brother had secreted from a South Sea island. Poe enters a phantasmagorical realm, where he confronts his tragic past and encounters a gallery of characters of his own creationThis volume covers Wright's prose through 1940. The editor restores Wright's original manuscripts, which had been extensively changed for publication.…
Includes Lawd Today!, Uncle Tom's Children, Native Son, How "Bigger" Was Born, a literary chronology, and notes by Arnold Rampersad. Prequel to Richard Wright: Later Works (DB 41553, BR 10300). Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sexPresents Wright's complete autobiography for the first time, combining his childhood in the South (Black Boy) with his life as…
an adult in the North (American Hunger). Also contains his 1953 novel (The Outsider), a literary chronology, and extensive notes. Sequel to Richard Wright: Early Works (DB 41552, BR 10299). Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sexDoctor Zhivago
Par Boris Pasternak. 1958
The story of a Russian physician and poet during the early decades of the twentieth century. Yurii Zhivago, an individualist…
and something of an outsider, is separated from his wife by the Bolsheviks and falls in love with Lara, the wife of another man. Pasternak's portrait of Russian life during the post-revolution years includes an epilogue expressing hope for liberation and freedom in the future