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Strike Your Heart, Amélie Nothomb
'Strike Your Heart’ is a finely honed, piercing novel. No wonder it is acclaimed in France. If you are human, it will strike your heart,...
The Lady and the Little Fox Fur, Violette Leduc
'Violette Leduc's novels are works of genius and also a bit peculiar' Deborah Levy, from the introduction. An old woman lives alone in a...
Inhuman Resources, Pierre Lemaître
You loved The Great Swindle by Pierre Lemaître? Discover his new novel and the story of a mysterious man ready to sacrifice everything to...
Now, Now, Louison, Jean Frémon
‘Louise Bourgeois talks, talks to herself, reviewing the scraps of her long life in all their disorder. This is the portrait, from...
League of Spies, Robert Merle
Both wise and audacious, constantly nudging up against the extraordinary – New York Times Book Review Discover the latest tome of Robert...
In Paris, 20 Women on Life in the City of Light, Jeanne Damas and Lauren Bastide
Looking for the secret of the Parisian style? Read the words of 20 women telling the story of their own Paris... Two quintessential...
The Tree of the Toraja, Philippe Claudel
Be warned, the new novel by French emblematic author Philippe Claudel is terrifyingly great! A middle-aged filmmaker visits Indonesia and...
One Deadly Summer, Sébastien Japrisot
It's never too late for revenge... From a master of suspense comes this classic tale of lust and revenge set in the French countryside....
Celebrate July 14
(Durand) Recognised as a national holiday since 1880, July 14th commemorates the storming of the Bastille in 1789. This Saturday, July...
The Gravedigger's Bread, Frédéric Dard
'Melancholy and atmospheric, with a twist worthy of Agatha Christie at her devious best… classic French noir' says The Guardian Putting...
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