Maria Federica Oddera Ordre des livres (chronologique)

Mixez Agatha Christie, Downton Abbey et Un jour sans fin... voilà le roman le plus divertissant de l'année. Lauréat du prestigieux Costa Award, le premier roman de Stuart Turton est à la fois un formidable jeu de l'esprit et un régal de lecture. Ce soir à 11 heures, Evelyn Hardcastle va être assassinée. Qui, dans cette luxueuse demeure anglaise, a intérêt à la tuer? Aiden Bishop a quelques heures pour trouver l'identité de l'assassin et empêcher le meurtre. Tant qu'il n'est pas parvenu à ses fins, il est condamné à revivre sans cesse la même journée. Celle de la mort d'Evelyn Hardcastle. Prêt pour un plaisir de lecture comme vous n'en avez pas connu depuis longtemps ? Plongez dans ce labyrinthe des délices. Chaque personnage, chaque recoin obscur de la maison cache un mystère. Chaque page ou presque offre un rebondissement inattendu. Et il y a 500 pages

Anju is the daughter of an upper-caste Calcutta family; her cousin Sudha is the daughter of the black sheep of the family. Sudha is as beautiful, tenderhearted, and serious as Anju is plain, whip-smart, and defiant. Yet since the day they were born, Sudha and Anju have been bonded in ways even their mothers cannot comprehend.The cousins' bond is shattered, however, when Sudha learns a dark family secret. Urged into arranged marriages, their lives take sudden, opposite turns: Sudha becomes the dutiful daughter-in-law of a rigid small-town household, while Anju goes to America with her new husband and learns to live her own life of secrets. Then tragedy strikes them both, and the women discover that, despite the distance that has grown between them, they have only each other to turn to. Set in the two worlds of India and America, this is an exceptionally moving novel of love, friendship, and compelling courage.

A humorous examination with serious overtones of the concepts of space, time, and dimension.

Taking us back to a time that is half history, half myth and wholly magical, bestselling author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni gives voice to Panchaali, the fire-born heroine of the Mahabharata, as she weaves a vibrant retelling of an ancient epic saga. Married to five royal husbands who have been cheated out of their father's kingdom, Panchaali aids their quest to reclaim their birthright, remaining at their side through years of exile and a terrible civil war. But she cannot deny her complicated friendship with the enigmatic Krishna—or her secret attraction to the mysterious man who is her husbands' most dangerous enemy—as she is caught up in the ever-manipulating hands of fate.

Editeur : Sabine Wespieser éditeur Date de parution : 2006 Description : In-8, 443 pages, broché, occasion, bon état. Envois quotidiens du mardi au samedi. Les commandes sont adressées sous enveloppes bulles. Photos supplémentaires de l'ouvrage sur simple demande. Réponses aux questions dans les 12h00. Librairie Le Piano-Livre. Merci. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thanks

Rakhi è una giovane artista e madre divorziata di Berkeley, California, la cui vita è in un equilibrio precario, minacciato da drammi imminenti. L'ex marito Sonny cerca di ottenere l'affetto esclusivo della figlia Jona, costringendo Rakhi nel ruolo del genitore severo, mentre lui la vizia. La sua attività ristorativa con l'amica Belle è a rischio a causa dell'apertura di un locale di una catena potente nella stessa strada. La pittura rappresenta un momento di libertà, ma Rakhi riesce a dedicarcisi solo nel tempo libero, affrontando grandi sacrifici. La madre di Rakhi, interprete dei sogni, è un punto di riferimento per molti, ma Rakhi si sente esclusa da questo dono e dal passato indiano della madre, dalle tradizioni mai vissute. Gli eventi dell'11 Settembre pongono Rakhi e la sua comunità multietnica di fronte a una domanda cruciale: sono americani? Un amico di Belle viene aggredito per il suo turbante, evidenziando le tensioni razziali. La ricerca di identità di Rakhi, anche attraverso i "Diari del sogno" della madre, diventa il seme di un riscatto e di una nuova vita, con la speranza di riconquistare armonia nella sua famiglia e nella comunità.

From one of Ireland's most talented journalists, an extraordinary fiction debut, compelling, colourful and romantic. Kathleen is a 49-year-old travel writer, an Irishwoman based in London who has not been back to Ireland since she was twenty. Her home is her office, her family and friends a few close colleagues. She has not experienced passion since she was young. When, over the course of a few weeks, the props of her life fall away one after another, it is to passion that she turns - not in her own life, but in the fragmentary account of a scandalous affair in 19th century rural Ireland, between the wife of a big Anglo-Irish landlord, and her servant. And so Kathleen is drawn back to Ireland, to see whether she can find out more...

Pour les familiers qui fréquentent le lieu clos et magique de son épicerie, Tilo est maîtresse dans l’art ancestral des épices. Elle a reçu ce savoir de ” Première Mère ” sur une île secrète de sa terre natale, l’Inde, au prix de l’obéissance à des règles strictes et dans le respect du service et de la dévotion : elle possède le don de faire chanter les épices, mais aussi de guérir comme une véritable thérapeute. C’est ainsi que, dans ce quartier d’immigrés d’Oakland en Californie, elle se penche humblement, secrètement, sur les malheurs de ses clients. Elle pratique les mélanges et les incantations, cherche pour chacun l’épice-racine, clef intime qui restaure l’équilibre du corps et de l’âme. Mais Tilo, au cœur généreux et plein de compassion, violera un à un les interdits, dont celui de l’amour, au risque de remettre en cause ses pouvoirs. Dans une prose imagée de conteuse, C. B. Divakaruni dose et brasse odeurs et saveurs en une composition magistralement pimentée, nous initiant à la sagesse des épices maniés comme une discipline pour soulager la détresse et servir les forces de vie.