Freshly arrived at the bookseller

Among all the books that have recently arrived in bookstores, here are a few that caught our attention.

The dice

Ahmet Altan

The author of the unforgettable Mrs Hayat is among the most renowned Turkish writers, and his novels are as many journeys through the nights of Istanbul as through the prohibitions of society. Here he explores again, but in another form, the passage to adulthood of a young man in search of justice.

Lessons

Ian McEwan

In this novel, the English writer looks at the life of an aspiring poet who goes back into his past to try to understand why his wife abandoned him. Between life lessons and disappointed dreams, we immerse ourselves in the little story of a man in a dysfunctional world.

The procession of shadows

Pierre Ouellet

It’s the 15th^e novel by the Quebec novelist, poet and essayist, winner of the Athanase-David Prize. He evokes the shadows that blind us as well as the words and images that haunt our dreams.

The irresistible call of revenge

Rosa Mogliasso

With this irreverent irony that we liked so much in So beautiful, but so deadthe Italian writer features a fallen thriller author who leads a writing workshop to get back in the saddle… leading to a whole series of incredible twists and turns.

Memoria

David Lagercrantz

After continuing the Millennium saga, the Swedish writer launched a new series around the characters of Rekke and Vargas, who we discovered last year with Obscuritas. Here they are back in this second title where they team up again to find a missing woman.

The payback

Arttu Tuominen

Since his first thriller translated into French (The oath), we impatiently awaited the detective novels of this Finnish author. This second title transports us to the LGBTQ+ community of a small town in Finland where inspector Henrik Oksman must investigate an explosion in a nightclub.

Savage

Julia Kerninon

The young French novelist tells here the destiny of a young woman who dreams of making great cuisine. When she finally manages to open her own restaurant, the past resurfaces to sow doubt about her choices and force her to question her decisions.

Goodbye cats!

Hiro Arikawa

The Japanese author who signed A cat’s memoirs brings his two endearing felines back to life. A collection of seven tender short stories that will make all cat lovers smile.

Hurricane Lolita (Diary 1958-1959)

Vera Nabokov

Unpublished until now, this diary, the original of which is kept at the New York Public Library, reveals the personal notes of Véra Nabokov and some of her husband, in the wake of the publication of her famous novel Lolita. We discover the repercussions of the immense success he experienced, but also the determining role that Véra played in the literary career of Vladimir Nabokov.

A world beyond men

Catherine Hermary-Vieille

Antarctica has always been the dream of explorers like Mike Horn, who recounted his exploits on the icy continent in his books. But long before him, at the beginning of the 20th^e century, the Norwegian Roald Amundsen and the Englishman Robert Scott set out to conquer the South Pole. The author recounts their epic tale in this dizzying short novel that will please all fans of adventure stories.