Grimus - format ePub

"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...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

**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...

'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,...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble,...

“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...

A burned-out pop star stranded in small-town Kentucky can't help falling for her unlikely knight in shining armour - the notoriously grumpy owner of the local pie shop - in this charming slice of romance...

An enchanting collection containing books four, five, and six of #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn’s beloved Regency-set Bridgerton novels—Romancing Mister Bridgerton; To Sir Phillip, with...

Can the perfect village save the perfect wedding? INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT FROM A POSTCARD FROM ITALY Cher, the landlady of the Duck & Puddle...

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

THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY TV’S EMMY NOMINATED HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon...

When the owner of the local flower shop in Rome, Kentucky, makes a questionable agreement with a tattooed bad boy, a delightful friends-to-lovers romance begins to bloom - from the author of When in Rome...

My plan was perfect. My friend needed a date, and my brother's best friend was single. Problem solved.Until I saw Jaeger for the first time in years, and sparks flew in the wrong direction.Jaeger has...

A forbidden, secret affair proves that all's fair in love and science - from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood. Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a...

2 March 1810 . . . Today, I fell in love.At the age of ten, Miranda Cheever showed no signs of Great Beauty. And even at ten, Miranda learned to accept the expectations society held for her—until the...

Brimming with characters you can't help but fall for and off-the-charts chemistry, this is TikTok sensation Emily Henry doing what she does best!-----Two exes. One pact.Could this holiday change everything?Harriet...

Sethe is now miles away from Sweet Home, the farm where she was kept as a slave.Unable to forget the unspeakable horrors that took place there, she is haunted by the violent spectre of her dead child,...

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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...

"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,...

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BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU Newspeak, Doublethink, Big Brother, the Thought Police - the language of 1984 has passed into the English language as a symbol of the horrors of totalitarianism. George Orwell's...

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...

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‘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,...

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!...

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,...

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...

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...