Photojournalist and many other things in -ist.
I read a lot of SFF, obscure LGBT, travel, photography theory and women authors, in French and English.
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Lizzie Benson slid into her job as a librarian without a traditional degree. But this …
A book built with vignettes that weaves the perceptions and thoughts of the narrator, navigating through the anguish of the climate catastrophe, her marriage, and her demanding brother. This could be quite grim quite fast, fortunately the author has the wit and dry humor to carry it through.
“Oh what is stronger than a death? Two sisters singing with one breath.”
In …
I had high expectations after "This is how you lose the time war", and even though this is completely different, the writing is beautiful and poetic. The story is quite short, I wouldn't have minded if it had been a full novel actually.
I had high expectations after "This is how you lose the time war", and even though this is completely different, the writing is beautiful and poetic. The story is quite short, I wouldn't have minded if it had been a full novel actually.
Au lendemain de la Deuxième guerre mondiale, un jeune bourgeois bordelais rencontre une jeune fille …
Qu'on ait apprécié Hélène Carrère d'Encausse ou pas, il est indéniable que sa vie et celle de sa famille ont un potentiel romanesque suffisant pour remplir pas mal de pages. Yoga, un des précédents récits de Carrère était très décevant, là il renoue avec quelque chose qui le dépasse et qui le touche, c'est fluide et passionnant.
Qu'on ait apprécié Hélène Carrère d'Encausse ou pas, il est indéniable que sa vie et celle de sa famille ont un potentiel romanesque suffisant pour remplir pas mal de pages. Yoga, un des précédents récits de Carrère était très décevant, là il renoue avec quelque chose qui le dépasse et qui le touche, c'est fluide et passionnant.
294 pages ; 21 cm
College professor, art collector, mountaineer, and freelance assassin Jonathan Hemlock takes on an assignment that …
I'm not sure how I came across this book and why I decided to read it. The mountaineering part probably attracted my curiosity. Overall, this reads much like a parody of the spy thriller genre like James Bond, and I'm not certain it was written to be one. There is intentional humour in it, but at other times, it really is what it is: a thriller written in the seventies, with mindless sex, a handsome hero with no patriotism whatsoever, a plot that doesn't make sense all the time, and the obligatory twist you see coming from a mountain away. I'm curious about the Clint Eastwood movie though, but for the climbing scenes of course.
I'm not sure how I came across this book and why I decided to read it. The mountaineering part probably attracted my curiosity. Overall, this reads much like a parody of the spy thriller genre like James Bond, and I'm not certain it was written to be one. There is intentional humour in it, but at other times, it really is what it is: a thriller written in the seventies, with mindless sex, a handsome hero with no patriotism whatsoever, a plot that doesn't make sense all the time, and the obligatory twist you see coming from a mountain away. I'm curious about the Clint Eastwood movie though, but for the climbing scenes of course.
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats.
Nor do they have tails.
…
Always a pleasure to read P Djèlí Clark, he knows how to make his stories and writing fun, highly imaginative and impossible to put down.
Shirley Jackson’s beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family’s dark …
Weird, unsettling and quite lovely at the same time, I just couldn't put it down. The way things are revealed and evolve is incredibly well done.
Weird, unsettling and quite lovely at the same time, I just couldn't put it down. The way things are revealed and evolve is incredibly well done.
Il y a quelque chose d'un peu énervant mais un peu addictif dans le style de ce roman, les longues phrases pleines de digressions, synonymes et prises à partie du lecteur, et parfois aussi des éclairs très drôles, des phrases limpides, quelque chose d'attachant.
Il y a quelque chose d'un peu énervant mais un peu addictif dans le style de ce roman, les longues phrases pleines de digressions, synonymes et prises à partie du lecteur, et parfois aussi des éclairs très drôles, des phrases limpides, quelque chose d'attachant.
[4e de couverture] Lassée de participer au cirque social et aliénant qu’elle observe quotidiennement à …
Un joli petit roman qui n'évite malheureusement pas certains clichés binaires (ville = béton = nul, cabane = nature = bien)
Un joli petit roman qui n'évite malheureusement pas certains clichés binaires (ville = béton = nul, cabane = nature = bien)
The Jeveni have finally found freedom on the distant planet Capamame, delivered from Kindom oppression through their alliance with stoic …
Un roman post-apocalyptique violent, magnifiquement écrit, et qui se lit d'une traite ou presque, sur la dislocation du monde et des croyances, ce qu'on sait de la pitié, de la cruauté et de la compassion et ce qu'on en a oublié.
Un roman post-apocalyptique violent, magnifiquement écrit, et qui se lit d'une traite ou presque, sur la dislocation du monde et des croyances, ce qu'on sait de la pitié, de la cruauté et de la compassion et ce qu'on en a oublié.
Nearly ten years after Inez Kato sustained a career-ending injury during a military exercise gone …
Unreliable narrators are really tricky to pull off, but it works pretty well in this case. The worldbuilding and protagonists lack a bit of depth, and okay, it doesn't always makes sense all the time, but it is entertaining.
Unreliable narrators are really tricky to pull off, but it works pretty well in this case. The worldbuilding and protagonists lack a bit of depth, and okay, it doesn't always makes sense all the time, but it is entertaining.
First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving …
Côté famille, maman s'est tirée une fois de plus en m'abandonnant les mômes, et le …
Je les avais lus ado (d'ailleurs, est-ce qu'on les fait toujours lire aux ados ?), et le fait d'avoir vécu dans l'est de Paris depuis y a ajouté une touche assez savoureuse.
Je les avais lus ado (d'ailleurs, est-ce qu'on les fait toujours lire aux ados ?), et le fait d'avoir vécu dans l'est de Paris depuis y a ajouté une touche assez savoureuse.
