Step Across This Line - format ePub

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...

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...

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...

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...

**Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2024**A gripping account of survival and recovery from internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize-winner Salman RushdieOn the morning of 12 August 2022,...

Salman Rushdie, a self-described ‘emigrant from one place and a newcomer in two’, explores the true meaning of home. Writing with insight, passion and humour, he looks at what it means to belong, whether...

The subjects of Salman Rushdie's collection of non-fiction range from The Wizard of Oz, U2, India and Indian writing, the death of Princess Diana, and football, to twentieth-century writers including...

From the author of The Satanic Verses and Midnight's Children comes an unflinchingly honest and fiercely funny account of a life turned upside-down. On Valentine's Day, 1989, Salman Rushdie received a...

Blending history, mythology and a timeless love story, this is a satirical, magical masterpiece. In the near future, after a storm strikes New York City, the strangenesses begin. A down-to-earth gardener...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE****SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie has created a dazzling Don Quixote for the modern age. Inspired by...

From 'Best of the Booker' winner Salman Rushdie, an incisive and inspiring collection of non-fiction essays, criticism and speeches that takes readers on a thrilling journey through the evolution of language...

Haroun's father is the greatest of all storyletters. His magical stories bring laughter to the sad city of Alifbay. But one day something goes wrong and his father runs out of stories to tell. Haroun...

'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....

'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...

The novel that set the stage for his modern classic, The Satanic Verses, Shame is Salman Rushdie's unforgettable epic. Omar Khayyam Shakil had three mothers who shared everything. They shared the symptoms...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

In exploring everyday life and its intersections with death, this enduring collection of stories offers a naturalistic depiction of the working class in early twentieth-century Dublin. Joyce masterfully...

This ebook contains Oscar Wilde's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook)...

The most famous confidence-boosting book ever published; with sales of over 16 million copies worldwide Millions of people around the world have improved their lives based on the teachings of Dale Carnegie....

The instant number one Sunday Times bestseller and thrilling sequel to the global phenomenon, Fourth Wing! THE IRON FLAME PAPERBACK EDITION INCLUDES A BRAND NEW CHAPTER FROM XADEN'S POINT OF VIEW!'Yarros...

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,...

DON'T BE THE LAST TO DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT EVERYONE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT: 'Pure escapism - think Hunger Games meets Fifty Shades' The Sun'We weren't expecting to become obsessed . . . but we very...

The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible is God’s providentially appointed Word for the whole world which reveals the name of the Father as “Jehovah”, and the name of His Son, “Jesus”, in whom...

The Wealth of Nations, is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. First published in 1776, the book offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds...

"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...

In 1855, Walt Whitman published — at his own expense — the first edition of Leaves of Grass, a visionary volume of twelve poems. Showing the influence of a uniquely American form of mysticism known as...

When her former governess finds happiness as the bride of a local widower, the brilliant and beautiful Emma Woodhouse — one of Jane Austen’s immortal creations — flatters herself that she alone has secured...

Pre-order Beth's epic new novel, SWEPT AWAY, now! 'Beth O'Leary is that rare, one-in-a-million talent who can make you laugh, swoon, cry and ache all in the same book' EMILY HENRYTiffy and Leon share...

"'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 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...

Meg is the eldest and on the brink of love. Then there’s tomboy Jo who longs to be a writer. Sweet-natured Beth always puts others first, and finally there’s Amy, the youngest and most precocious. Together...

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...

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE... YOU LIEThe bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once explores the dangers of obsession in this #1 bestselling suspense thriller. Six years...

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan...

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",...

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...

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...

This volume collects the complete writings of Virginia Woolf: 8 novels, 3 'biographies,' 46 short stories, 606 essays, 1 play, her diary and some letters. Contents: THE NOVELS The Voyage Out Night...

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...

"The Power of Your Subconscious Mind" will open a world of success, happiness, prosperity, and peace for you. It is one of the most brilliant and beloved spiritual self-help works of all time which can...

The most famous by far of all twentieth-century political allegories, Animal Farm is the account of a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny...

A funny, emotional and uplifting novel from the French Marian Keyes. 'Heartwarming' Good Housekeeping'A gorgeous story, charming and funny and poignant' Nicola Cornick For fans of Ruth Hogan, Veronica...

This collection gathers together the works by William Shakespeare in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume! The Comedies: A Midsummer Night's Dream All's Well That...