Delphine de Vigan Libri

Lou Bertignac ha tredici anni: la sua famiglia, chiusa nel ricordo inconfessabile di una tragedia del passato, vive in un silenzio opprimente, mentre a scuola la sua intelligenza fuori dal comune l'ha portata in una classe avanzata, piena di studenti più grandi che non hanno nulla a che spartire con lei. Incapace di creare una relazione con chiunque, Lou passa la maggior parte del suo tempo libero a vivere le emozioni degli altri: guarda il calcio in televisione per osservare la gioia dei giocatori, spia le persone per strada e, soprattutto, frequenta le stazioni ferroviarie parigine perché in quei luoghi si concentra l'emozione di amanti che si salutano, di famiglie rimaste a lungo separate, di amici che si ritrovano. È proprio qui, alla stazione di Austerlitz, che Lou trova, tra la folla, una ragazza appena più grande di lei, Nolwenn, che si è lasciata alle spalle un passato difficile e ora vive da randagia. Tra loro, nel tempo di uno sguardo, si crea un'intesa speciale, che nessuna delle due aveva mai trovato prima. Due ragazze totalmente sole, diverse ma destinate, in qualche modo, a riconoscersi tra la folla della città, finiranno così per stringere un'amicizia che, nata lentamente, arriverà a cambiare la loro vita e il loro mondo. La vicenda, drammatica eppure lieve, di due vite chiamate a intrecciarsi e, se non a salvarsi, almeno a trovare nuove speranze.

In this moving autobiographical novel, the narrator's mother, Lucile, raises her two daughters largely alone. A former child model from a large Bohemian family, Lucile is younger and more glamorous than the other mothers: always in lipstick and stylishly dressed, wayward and wonderful. But as the years pass her occasional sadness gives way to overwhelming despair and delusion. This is a story of luminous beauty and rambunctious joy, of dark secrets and silences, revelations and, ultimately, the unknowability of even those closest to us. And in the face of the unknowable, personal history becomes fiction. Nothing Holds Back the Night is universally recognisable and singularly heartbreaking.

'Extraordinary ... The beating heart of this novel is the exquisite empathy it demonstrates ... There is a gentle magnificence at work in its pages' Irish Times 'Tender, poignant and heartfelt ... A generous novel that celebrates communication, connection and courage' Daily Mail Marie owes Michka more than she can say - but Michka is getting older, and can't look after herself any more. So Marie has moved her to a home where she'll be safe. But Michka doesn't feel any safer; she is haunted by strange figures who threaten to unearth her most secret, buried guilt, guilt that she's carried since she was a little girl. And she is losing her words - grasping more desperately day by day for what once came easily to her. Jérôme is a speech therapist, dispatched to help the home's ageing population snatch and hold tight onto the speech still afforded to them. But Michka is no ordinary client. Michka has been carrying an old debt she does not know how to repay - and as her words slide out of her grasp, time is running out. Delicately wrought and darkly gripping, Gratitude is about love, loss and redemption; about what we owe one another, and the redemptive power of showing thanks.

A cautionary tale for a world in which social media has shattered the boundaries of intimacy

'A wonderful literary trompe l'oeil: a book about friendship, writing and the boundary between reality and fantasy ... Dark, smart, strange, compelling' Harriet Lane, bestselling author of Her Overwhelmed by the huge success of her latest novel, exhausted and suffering from a crippling inability to write, Delphine meets L. L. embodies everything Delphine admires; sophisticated and unusually intuitive, she slowly but deliberately carves herself a niche in the writer's life. However, as she makes herself indispensable to Delphine, the intensity of this unexpected friendship manifests itself in increasingly sinister ways. And as their lives become further entwined, L. begins to threaten Delphine's identity and her safety.

What happens when adults are as lost as the children they're supposed to be protecting? From the author of the Richard and Judy Book Club Pick No and Me 'Packs a hefty emotional punch. It reminded me of Leila Slimani's terrific Lullaby' Bookseller 'Narrated with punch and pace. You're kept reading helplessly to the desperate cliffhanger finish' Daily Mail Thirteen-year-old Théo and his friend Mathis have a secret. Their teacher, Hélène, suspects something is not right with Théo and becomes obsessed with rescuing him, casting aside her professionalism to the point of no return. Cécile, mother of Mathis, discovers something horrifying on her husband's computer that makes her question whether she has ever truly known him. Respectable facades are peeled away as the four stories wind tighter and tighter together, pulling into a lean and darkly gripping novel of loneliness, lies and loyalties.

Nadat ze haar moeder dood heeft aangetroffen, gaat Delphine de Vigan op zoek naar de vrouw achter haar moeder. Ze stuit daarbij op de meest ontroerende herinneringen en de donkerste familiegeheimen, maar ook op de vraag wie haar moeder echt was. Want: welke versie van haar moeders verhaal is het meest waarheidsgetrouw? En: hoe goed ken je je ouders nu echt en hoe betoon je ze na hun dood respect? Te midden van de uitbundige vreugde en de voortdurende aanwezigheid van rampspoed die haar familie kenmerken, vertelt Delphine de Vigan haar eigen verhaal.

Que trouve-t-on dans la bibliothèque des écrivains ? Qu'ont-ils lu d'essentiel et d'inoubliable ? Quel est le livre qui les a le plus marqués, bouleversés ? Le livre qui les a changés, qui a changé leur regard sur le monde, ou sur la vie ? Le livre avec lequel ils entretiennent une relation particulière, qu'ils ont le plus relu ou offert ? Le livre qui les a peut-être même incités à écrire en leur ouvrant la voie ?34 écrivains nous font découvrir les trésors de leur bibliothèque.Les Éditions Flammarion soutiennent activement Bibliothèques Sans Frontières, association à laquelle est reversée la totalité des droits d'auteur issus de la vente de ce volume.

Opowiadając historię dwóch kobiet o odmiennych losach, autorka analizuje epokę – od czasów Big Brothera po lata współczesne – w której liczy się tylko to, aby być widzianym. De Vigan przygląda się erze naznaczonej kultem mediów społecznościowych. Diagnoza ta jest bezlitosna – to świat, w którym wszystko jest na pokaz i na sprzedaż, łącznie ze szczęściem rodzinnym. Autorka daje rozległy, surowy i aktualny obraz społeczeństwa. Powieść stanowi refleksje na temat mediów społecznościowych i wyrzeczenia się prywatności, dzieciństwa i dokonywanych na niego atakach. „Telerama”