Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and…
The semiautobiographical Martin Eden is the most vital and original character Jack London ever created. Set in San Francisco, this is the story of Martin Eden, an impoverished seaman who pursues, obse…
Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world—even those daunted by Moby-Dick—Bartleby the Scrivener is simply one of the most absorbing and moving novellas ever. Se…
Pendant une grande partie de sa vie ma mère a vécu dans la pauvreté et la nécessité, à l'écart de tout, écrasée et parfois même humiliée par la violence masculine. Son existence semblait délimitée pou…
Two luminous, tender stories from one of Japan's greatest twentieth-century writers, showing how childhood memories, dreams and fleeting encounters shape our lives.
أين نذهب يا بابا؟ سؤال يردده "توماس" ابن الراوي عليه دون توقف.. إنه السؤال الوحيد الذي يستطيع نطقه بوضوح، ويجعلنا الراوي بسخرية مريرة ننتظر أن يحظى طفله المعوق بإجابة مرضية، ولكننا نكتشف عبر صفحات الر…
-Readers, librarians, and all those books that have drawn a challenge have a brand new hero.... Stand up and cheer, book lovers. This one's for you.- --Kathi Appelt, author of the Newbery Honor-winnin…
Chacun d'entre nous vit, a vécu ou vivra des moments inoubliables, ces petits ou grands points de bascule qui dessinent le destin d'un être humain. Ces moments émouvants, révoltants, dramatiques ou in…
Originally published in 1942 and now rediscovered to international acclaim, this taut and exquisitely structured novel by the Hungarian master Sandor Marai conjures the melancholy glamour of a decayin…
Madame Ming aime parler de ses dix enfants vivant dans divers lieux de l'immense Chine. Fabule-t-elle, au pays de l'enfant unique ? A-t-elle contourné la loi ? Aurait-elle sombré dans une folie douce …
The Dry Heart begins and ends with the matter-of-fact pronouncement: “I shot him between the eyes.” As the tale—a plunge into the chilly waters of loneliness, desperation, and bitterness—proceeds, the…
