Trust
Hernan Diaz
Inspired by Rashomon (1950) by Akira Kurosawa, Trust is a collection of four manuscripts in various stages of completion telling different versions of the story of an entrepreneurial couple who made their fortune despite the Great Depression. In this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Hernan Diaz puts competing narratives in conversation with each other to offer a deep reflection on the lies we tell ourselves and the similarities that persist between the world of fiction and that of finance. A brilliant exercise in literature.
From the Olivier, October 6
The big circle
Maggie Shipstead
Survivor of a liner fire, 12-year-old Marian Graves dreams of only one thing: to pilot. Barely entering adolescence, she drops out of school and finds a patron in a rich smuggler who provides her with a plane and allows her to achieve her goal: to travel around the world by flying over the North and South Poles. Years later, Hadley Baxter, a disillusioned and ambitious starlet, lends her features to the aviator in a film which retraces her life. With The big circle, Maggie Shipstead pays tribute to the thirst for freedom and self-determination of women throughout the ages.
Presses de la Cité, September 17
Possibly Ruby
Lisa Bird-Wilson
When her adoptive parents end their union, Ruby is forced, despite herself, to begin a long and trying spiritual journey to reconnect with her indigenous roots. Through different testimonies and perspectives, the mixed-race author etnêhiyaw Lisa Bird-Wilson spares no element of surprise to raise interesting questions about transracial adoption and the lasting impact of family separation policies. Possibly Ruby is raw, felt and uncompromising.
Hashtag, November 6
The castaways of the Wager
David Grann
In 1740, 250 officers and crew boarded the ship HMS Wager, on a secret mission to plunder the cargoes of a Spanish Empire galleon. When the Wager shipwrecked, a handful of survivors found themselves on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. Faced with hostile weather and the virtual absence of vital resources, everything quickly turns into a nightmare. The American journalist David Grann delivered with The castaways of the Wager a great literary report which takes the form of an adventure story as exciting as it is complex.
Editions du sous-sol, October 11
Voices / Lightning / Thunder
Myriam J. Chancy
On January 12, 2010, a magnitude 7 earthquake shook the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, leaving desolation and death in its wake. From this tragedy, Myriam J. Chancy takes a poignant odyssey, told through the views, doubts and dreams of several survivors. The writer of Haitian origin captures in Voices / Lightning / Thunder all the nuances of the repercussions of a catastrophe whose history is constantly being rewritten. An important and sensitive meditation on trauma, delivered in the intimate tone of the greatest mourning and the greatest hopes.
Stirring, September 26
The gusts of Lent
Zachary Richard
The songwriter and poet Zachary Richard made his entry into fiction writing with The gusts of Lent, the first French-language novel published by a Louisiana author in nearly 130 years. For the occasion, the writer returns to mid-19th century Louisiana.e century, while the South suffered the repercussions of the Civil War. We follow André Boudreau, a 17-year-old teenager who witnesses his grandfather’s fight to regain his prestige and political power.
Free expression, October 25
The dark land
David Vann
The American writer David Vann brings to life the battle of the Cherokees against the Spanish conquistadors led by Hernando de Soto, on the lands of Florida, to compose a story as macabre as it is captivating. The dark land depicts an exceptional resistance, nourished by founding myths leading back to the mysteries of creation. A novel that immerses itself in the heart of darkness to extract the intimate and the universal.
Gallmeister, September 20
The sea of tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel
1912. A young man ostracized from society crosses the Atlantic by steamboat to Vancouver Island, where he falls in love with the wilderness. Five centuries later, a detective investigating an anomaly that could prove the simulation theory sees the possibility of disrupting the timeline of the universe. Linked by strange visions, characters occupying different space-times deal with similar feelings of loss, lack and discrepancy. In a poetic logic of which she alone has the secret, Emily St. John Mandel explodes the boundaries of today’s world to better explore its essence. It offers, with The sea of tranquilityhis most ambitious and accomplished novel.
Viola, October 17
Tropical hurricanes
Leonardo Padura
Considered by many to be the greatest Cuban writer of his generation, Leonardo Padura is back with a tenth investigation of the hero who made him famous: Mario Conde. In Havana in full turmoil, ready to receive a visit from Barack Obama and the Rolling Stones, the inspector must shed light on the murder of a senior official – and censor – of the culture of the Revolution. Journey through time and history, Tropical hurricanes takes a dark and uncompromising look at Cuban reality through the ages, without ever losing sight of the gripping thread of its story.
Métailié, October 13
The golden needles
Michael McDowell
Just in time for Halloween, Alto editions invite you to get caught up in the gothic universe of Michael McDowell. A clever mix of authenticity and excess, The golden needles dives into the heart of late 19th century New York, as a prosperous family seeks to rid the city of corruption by eradicating the Shanks’ criminal lineage. An epic and enjoyable story about class struggles and the artificial construction of great fortunes.
Viola, October 31