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.

Después de encontrar a Lucile, su madre, muerta en misteriosas circunstancias, Delphine de Vigan se convierte en una sagaz detective dispuesta a reconstruir la vida de la desaparecida. Los cientos de fotografías tomadas durante años, la crónica de George, abuelo de Delphine, registrada en cintas de casete, las vacaciones de la familia filmadas en super ocho, o las conversaciones mantenidas por la escritora con sus hermanos, son los materiales de los que se nutre la memoria de los Poirier. Nos hallamos ante una espléndida, sobrecogedora crónica familiar en el París de los años cincuenta, sesenta y setenta, pero también ante una reflexión en el tiempo presente sobre la «verdad» de la escritura. En el transcurso del viaje de la cronista al pasado de su familia y a su propia infancia, irán aflorando los secretos más oscuros. Para la autora, escribir sobre su madre es cerrar heridas abiertas muchos años atrás, y recuperar la novela familiar es emprender un camino de catarsis y de superación del duelo, a la manera de Roland Barthes en sus escritos póstumos. Pero es también un ejercicio de alto riesgo, puesto que en el curso de esta investigación expone ante los miembros de su familia, como si ellos no fueran más que lectores anónimos en la multitud, su propio secreto más terrible.

L'oeuvre intégrale annotée : Enfant précoce, Lou Bertignac a treize ans et deux classes d'avance. En décalage avec les lycéens qui l'entourent, elle s'évade par des lectures, des expériences fantaisistes, et rêve d'une grande amitié. C'est alors que sa route croise celle de Nolwenn, une jeune fille à peine plus âgée qu'elle mais sans abri. Cette rencontre va changer sa vie. Dossier thématique : la rencontre par Renaud Pezon - Biographie de l'auteur, histoire de l'oeuvre - La rencontre et la découverte de l'amitié - La rencontre des milieux sociaux - La rencontre, un nouvel espoir qui se dessine ? Prolongements Interdisciplinaires : - Histoire des arts - Enseignement moral et civique - Cinéma. Le + pour l'oral : en partenariat avec Audiolib des extraits de l'oeuvre lus par des comédiens et accessibles grâce à des flashcodes. Vocabulaire, exercices écrits et oraux, groupements de textes et lecture d'images autour de l'oeuvre

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”