Perhaps no other of his novels better reveals Giono's perfect balance between lyricism and narrative, description and characterization, the epic and the particular, than The Horseman on the Roof. This novel, which Giono began writing in 1934 and which was
Winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature, J. M. G. Le Clézio here conjures the consciousness of Mexico, powerfully evoking the dreams that made and unmade an ancient culture. Le Clézio’s haunting book takes us into the dream that was the religion
Nel Messico infuocato degli anni Venti, tra rivoluzioni e restaurazioni, avanguardie artistiche e politiche, l'esilio illustre di Trotskij e le visite reverenti dei surrealisti, matura e si consuma un'avvincente storia artistica e sentimentale. È l'amore
«Personne n'aurait pu dire d'où venait Mondo. Il était arrivé un jour, par hasard, ici dans notre ville, sans qu'on s'en aperçoive, et puis on s'était habitué à lui. C'était un garçon d'une dizaine d'années, avec un visage tout rond et tranquil
Wandering Star tells two discrete stories of two young girls, one Jewish and one Palestinian, who meet once briefly by chance. Their stories are connected by substance, rather than plot. Each is a wandering star in search of a homeland—Esther escaping t
Onitsha tells the story of Fintan, a youth who travels to Africa in 1948 with his Italian mother to join the English father he has never met. Fintan is initially enchanted by the exotic world he discovers in Onitsha, a bustling city prominently situated o
1931, Paris accueille l'Exposition coloniale. Ethel, 10 ans, s'y promène avec son grand-oncle Samuel Soliman. Celui-ci porte un regard d'autant plus critique sur ce qu'il voit que lui-même vient de l'île Maurice. Cependant, découvrant le pavillon de l
Todo ser humano es el resultado de un padre y de una madre. Se puede no reconocerlos, no quererlos, se puede dudar de ellos. Pero están allí, con su cara, sus actitudes, sus modales y sus manías, sus ilusiones, sus esperanzas, la forma de sus manos y d
