Fury - format ePub

Du Bombay des années 1950 aux distilleries de tequila du Mexique en passant par le Swinging Chelsea et les bateaux-émetteurs rouillés des stations de radio pirates, voici Vina Apsara, chanteuse pop à...

Dans les contes de fées de Rushdie, l’Est rencontre l’Ouest, la légende s’allie au réalisme, la parodie se mêle au merveilleux. Truculents ou émouvants, ses personnages sont toujours imprévisibles. Un...

Ce recueil réunit une centaine d’essais et d’articles publiés par Salman Rushdie dans la presse britannique et américaine de 1981 à 2002 : critiques littéraires, articles très personnels sur la genèse...

"Il était essentiel que j’écrive ce livre : une manière d’accueillir ce qui est arrivé, et de répondre à la violence par l’art." Pour la première fois, Salman Rushdie s’exprime sans concession sur l’attaque...

Discover this magnificent magical novel from the Booker-prize winning author of Midnight's Children. When a young European traveller arrives at Sikri, the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar, the tale he spins...

'The first great rock 'n' roll novel in the English language' The Times On Valentine's Day, 1989, Vina Apsara, a famous and much-loved singer, disappears in a devastating earthquake. Her lover, the singer...

An extraordinary and vivid introduction to the country of Nicaragua and its politics from the Booker-winning author of Midnight’s Children.In this brilliantly focused and haunting portrait of the people,...

An astounding, intense novel by the Booker-prize winning author of Midnight’s Children.In the summer of 2000 New York is a city living at breakneck speed in an age of unprecedented decadence. Into this...

**New York Times bestseller** 'One of the most vivid and convincing portraits of contemporary America I've read' Observer When powerful real-estate tycoon Nero Golden immigrates to the States under mysterious...

On a beautiful starry night in the city of Kahani in the land of Alifbay a terrible thing happened: twelve-year-old Luka's storyteller father, Rashid, fell suddenly and inexplicably into a sleep so deep...

Question: What is the opposite of faith? Not disbelief. Too final, certain, closed. Itself a kind of belief. Doubt.Discover Salman Rushdie’s critically acclaimed magical realist study of good and evil.'A...

'A wonderful, rich and humane novel... a classic' GuardianBorn at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child.However, this coincidence of birth...

'Rushdie's most engaging book since Midnight's Children' Observer Shalimar the Clown was once a figure full of love and laughter. His skill as a tightrope walker was legendary in his native home of Kashmir....

Discover a brilliant collection of short stories from the Booker prize-winning author.This dazzling collection of short stories explores the allure and confusion of what happens when East meets West....

'Salman Rushdie's greatest novel' Sunday Times Moraes 'Moor' Zogoiby is the last in line of a crooked and fantastical dynasty of spice merchants and crime lords from Cochin. He is also a compulsive storyteller...

Un jumbo jet explose au-dessus de la Manche. Au milieu de membres humains éparpillés et d’objets non identifiés, deux silhouettes improbables tombent du ciel : Gibreel Farishta, le légendaire acteur indien,...

Saleem Sinai, le héros de cet extraordinaire roman picaresque, est né à Bombay le 15 août 1947, à minuit sonnant, au moment où l'Inde accède à l'indépendance. Comme les mille et un enfants nés lors de...

Deux ans, huit mois et vingt-huit nuits est un conte merveilleux qui interroge notre vie contemporaine à la lumière de l’histoire et de la mythologie. Échappés de leur univers aussi fabuleux qu’ennuyeux,...

Le jour de l’investiture de Barack Obama, un énigmatique millionnaire venu d’un lointain Orient prend ses quartiers dans une communauté préservée au coeur de Greenwich Village avec ses trois fils adultes...

Quichotte, un représentant de commerce vieillissant obsédé par le “réel irréel” de la télévision, tombe éperdument amoureux d’une reine du petit écran et s’embarque, à travers les routes d’Amérique, dans...

Dans ce conte épique empli de merveilleux prenant sa source dans le sud de l'Inde au 14e siècle, une jeune femme nommée Pampa Kampana, habitée par une déesse, donne vie à un formidable empire dont elle...

"Il était essentiel que j’écrive ce livre : une manière d’accueillir ce qui est arrivé, et de répondre à la violence par l’art." Pour la première fois, Salman Rushdie s’exprime sans concession sur l’attaque...

LE livre le plus attendu de Rushdie : celui qui raconte la fatwa, la vie d'un écrivain basculant soudain dans la peur et dans la clandestinité, dont le paradoxe est d'avoir engendré une célébrité phénoménale....

La disparition de l'arrière-grand-père Francisco, avalé par un lagon du sud de l'Inde, constitue un premier drame au sein de l'invraisemblable famille Gama-Zogoiby dont est issu le narrateur, dit "Le...

Un jeune homme blond dressé sur un char à bœufs entre à la cour du Grand Moghol, au cœur des Indes. S'il recherche l'empereur, c'est pour lui raconter sa vie. Il est le fils de l'Enchanteresse de Florence,...

Dans ce recueil d’essais, articles et autres discours écrits sur une période de dix-sept ans, Salman Rushdie se fait historien, conteur, ami et critique de ses auteurs favoris, mais aussi guide pour écrivain...

Ainsi débute cette fable : un jeune garçon nommé Haroun, désolé de constater que son père, conteur de son état, a perdu son inspiration, entreprend un long voyage à travers une contrée merveilleuse. Son...

Après avoir bu un élixir d’immortalité, Aigle Errant, un jeune Indien, passe sept cents ans à parcourir le monde. Mais le don de la vie éternelle commence à se muer en fardeau. Lassé de l’existence, Aigle...

La furie s'est emparée du professeur Malik Solanka. Fuyant l'Angleterre, sa femme et son fils, il s'établit à Manhattan pour "se déprendre et se refaire". Mais recommencer de zéro est difficile quand...

Omar Khayyam Shakil a trois mères, trois sœurs qui manifestent en même temps les symptômes de la grossesse. Dans l’étrange retraite qu’elles se sont choisie, elles lui donneront à téter le lait de leurs...

"'There is a plot, Harry Potter. A plot to make most terrible things happen at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year.'" Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy...

The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the Number One New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive. Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future...

The Thought Police, Doublethink, Newspeak, Big Brother – 1984 itself: these terms and concepts have moved from the world of fiction into our everyday lives. They are central to our thinking about freedom...

Readers love The Ingredients for Happiness! ‘A gorgeous summer read’ ‘Uplifting, funny, romantic and charming’...

A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, The Pillars of the Earth is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece.A...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his...

"'Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want to go.'"When the Knight Bus crashes...

‘Addictive. A first-class page-turner.’ Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me Can the past ever be forgotten? As soon as nurse Maura Lyle sets foot inside the foreboding Essen Grange,...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP BESTSELLER#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE'An utterly mesmerising novel..I absolutely loved this book' Bernardine Evaristo,...

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire,...

The hauntingly prophetic classic novel. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being...

Is it ever too late to leave the friend zone? Friends-to-lovers TikTok sensation, The Cheat Sheet, is the rom-com that has readers laughing and rooting for these lovable best friends from the first page!...

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”—Ann Patchett“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma...

OVER 12 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDENOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREA NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor years, rumours of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina...

"There it was, hanging in the sky above the school: the blazing green skull with a serpent tongue, the mark Death Eaters left behind whenever they had entered a building… wherever they had murdered…"...

Fame. Fashion. Friendship. Hollie can't catch a break. She's broke, she's back living with her family, and her career prospects are precisely zero. So when the chance arises for her and her best friend...

Jonathan Harker, a young London solicitor travels to Transylvania to help a rich nobleman, Count Dracula, purchase an estate in England. Dracula is planning to immigrate to England, and wants Harker to...

The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens's tale of childhood innocence beset by evil...

This ebook compiles Jule Verne's complete collection, including "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Journey to the Interior of the Earth", "The Mysterious Island", "Around the World in Eighty Days",...

In the vast expanse of the treacherous ocean, a legendary tale unfolds, gripping the hearts of readers for generations to come. Immerse yourself in the thrilling world of "Moby Dick," a literary masterpiece...

As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being...

"Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'."Harry Potter has never even heard...

"One of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world." —D. H. Lawrence "‘Moby-Dick’ is the book which I put down with the unqualified thought, 'I wish I had written that'…" —William Faulkner "What...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century,...

An enchanting collection containing the first three novels in New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn’s beloved Bridgerton series set in Regency England—The Duke and I, The Viscount Who Loved Me,...

The Brothers Karamasov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov...

The series that inspired the Netflix show. This collection contains 38 Arsène Lupin stories (the biggest and greatest Arsène Lupin collection in the eBook world), including: - Arsène Lupin, Gentleman...

Mrs. Dalloway chronicles a June day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway–a day that is taken up with running minor errands in preparation for a party and that is punctuated, toward the end, by the suicide...

Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of...

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