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Broken April by Ismail Kadare; David M. Bellos (Foreword by)
Category: Fiction
From the moment that Gjorg's brother is killed by a neighbour, his own life is forfeit: for the code of Kanun requires Gjorg to kill his brother's murderer and then in turn be hunted down. After shooting his brother's killer, young Gjorg is entitled to thirty days' grace - not enough to see out the mont ...Show more
Cousin Bette by David (INT) Sylvia (TRN); Bellos Honore de; Raphael Balzac
Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics
Cousin Bette (1846) is considered to be Balzac’s last great novel, and a key work in his Human Comedy. Set in the Paris of the 1830s and 1840s, it is a complex tale of the devastating effect of violent jealousy and sexual passion. Against a meticulously detailed backdrop of a post-Napoleonic France stru ...Show more
Dear Reader by David (TRN) Paul; Bellos Fournel
Category: Fiction
Description: There's a lot of good to be said about publishing, mainly about the food. The books, though - Robert Dubois feels as if he's read the books, but still they keep coming back to him, the same old books just by new authors. Maybe he's ready to settle into the end of his career, like it's a tip ...Show more
Hope & Memory : Reflections on the Twentieth Century by Tzvetan Todorov (tr David Bellos)
Category: History
Both a political history and a moral critique of the twentieth century, this is a personal and impassioned book from one of Europe's most outstanding intellectuals. Identifying totalitarianism as the major innovation of the twentieth century, Tzvetan Todorov examines the struggle between this system and ...Show more
Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: The Amazing Adventure of Translation by David Bellos
Category: Culture
How do we really make ourselves understood to other people? This question is at the heart of David Bellos' funny, wise and life-affirming language book, which shows how, from puns to poetry, news bulletins to the Bible, Asterix to Swedish films, translation is at the heart of everything we do - and make ...Show more
Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything by David Bellos
Category: Languages and Reference
People speak different languages, and always have. The Ancient Greeks took no notice of anything unless it was said in Greek; the Romans made everyone speak Latin; and in India, people learned their neighbours' languages - as did many ordinary Europeans in times past. But today, we all use translation t ...Show more
Jacques Tati by Bellos David
Category: Film | Series: Panther S.
The French filmmaker of Russian origins , Jacques Tati had a successful career in comedy; famed for his expressive yet not vociferous acting. This biography is the portrait of a man at once dedicated, impassioned and shy, more an artist than a businessman. Bellos collaborated with Tati's daughter, so ex ...Show more
Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Miserables by David Bellos
Category: Culture
GUARDIAN AND ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 Winner of the American Library in Paris Book Award, 2017 'Never mind those self-help manuals urging that some classic novel may change your life; in this sparkling study of the birth, growth and afterlife of Hugo's evergreen blockbuster, David Bellos argues ...Show more
Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon; David Bellos (Translator)
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Inspector Maigret Ser.
"One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories." --The GuardianIn Simenon's iconic first novel featuring Inspector Maigret, the laconic detective is tak ...Show more
The Novel of the Century - The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Miserables by David Bellos
Category: Languages and Reference
A book as rich, remarkable and long-lasting as the novel at its heart The Novel of the Century brings to life the extraordinary story of how Victor Hugo managed to write his novel of the downtrodden despite a revolution, a coup d'etat and political exile; how he pulled off the deal of the century to get ...Show more
The Novel of the Century : The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Miserables by David Bellos
Category: Reference
GUARDIAN AND ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 Winner of the American Library in Paris Book Award, 2017 'Never mind those self-help manuals urging that some classic novel may change your life; in this sparkling study of the birth, growth and afterlife of Hugo's evergreen blockbuster, David Bellos argues ...Show more