Adriana Hunter Libri

È un sabato come tanti per Julia, che si gode sushi e una puntata del Trono di spade con Marc. Ma la sua vita cambia con la telefonata che la informa della morte del padre, seguita dalla scomparsa della nonna. Paralizzata dalla paura e dallo sconforto, decide di lasciare Parigi e prendersi un anno sabbatico, trasferendosi nel residence per anziani di Biarritz, la sua città natale, per lavorare come psicologa. Nonostante le incertezze e le difficoltà iniziali, Julia mantiene il suo spirito ironico. Ben presto, si integra in una comunità bizzarra e felice, in un istituto "illuminato" che offre molte attività ricreative, come telenovela e gite al mare. Scopre che i residenti hanno molto da insegnarle, e che la resilienza è una lezione che imparano dalla sofferenza, senza mai perdere il sorriso. Tra nonni burloni e colleghe dal cuore spezzato, Julia apprende che la felicità si trova nel presente e nelle piccole cose lungo il cammino della vita, dove l'amore può sorprendere anche nei momenti più inaspettati.

Exploring the life of Camille Pissarro, the book delves into how his Jewish heritage influenced his artistic journey. As a pivotal figure in Impressionism, Pissarro maintained close ties with renowned artists like Monet and Van Gogh while grappling with feelings of alienation due to his Caribbean origins and Jewish background. Despite his atheism and avoidance of political themes in his art, his lineage shaped his perspective. Anka Muhlstein presents a detailed and personal portrayal, enriched by Pissarro's artwork and correspondence, highlighting his commitment to artistic freedom.

The timely, powerful memoir of a man unjustly charged with a crime for helping his relatives, refugees from Syria. For trying to save his in-laws, who were fleeing certain death in Syria, Stéphan Pélissier was threatened with fifteen years in prison by the Greek justice system, which accused him of human smuggling. His crime? Having gone to search for the parents, brother, and sister of his wife, Zéna, in Greece rather than leaving them to undertake a treacherous journey by boat to Italy. Their joy on finding each other quickly turned into a nightmare: Pélissier was arrested as a result of a missing car registration and thrown into prison. Although his relatives were ultimately able to seek asylum—legally—in France, Pélissier had to fight to prove his innocence, and to uphold the values of common humanity and solidarity in which he so strongly believes. I Just Wanted to Save My Family offers a heartrending window into the lives of those displaced by the Syrian civil war and a scathing critique of the often absurd, unfeeling bureaucracies that determine their fates.

Bustle: Best Book of the Month From the critically acclaimed author of The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris, a fascinating, intimate portrait of one of Japan’s most influential and respected textile artists. Writer, filmmaker, and photographer Marc Petitjean finds himself in Kyoto one fine morning with his camera, to film a man who will become his friend: Kunihiko Moriguchi, a master kimono painter and Living National Treasure—like his father before him. As a young decorative arts student in the 1960s, Moriguchi rubbed shoulders with the cultural elite of Paris and befriended Balthus, who would profoundly influence his artistic career. Discouraged by Balthus from pursuing design in Europe, he returned to Japan to take up his father’s vocation. Once back in this world of tradition he had tried to escape, Moriguchi contemporized the craft of Yūzen (resist dyeing) through his innovative use of abstraction in patterns. With a documentarian’s keen eye, Petitjean retraces Moriguchi’s remarkable life, from his childhood during the turbulent 1940s and 50s marked by war, to his prime as an artist with works exhibited in the most prestigious museums in the world.

This intimate account offers a new, unexpected understanding of the artist’s work and of the vibrant 1930s surrealist scene. In 1938, just as she was leaving Mexico for her first solo exhibition in New York, Frida Kahlo was devastated to learn from her husband, Diego Rivera, that he intended to divorce her. This latest blow followed a long series of betrayals, most painful of all his affair with her beloved younger sister, Cristina, in 1934. In early 1939, anxious and adrift, Kahlo traveled from the United States to France—her only trip to Europe, and the beginning of a unique period of her life when she was enjoying success on her own. Now, for the first time, this previously overlooked part of her story is brought to light in exquisite detail. Marc Petitjean takes the reader to Paris, where Kahlo spends her days alongside luminaries such as Pablo Picasso, André Breton, Dora Maar, and Marcel Duchamp. Using Kahlo’s whirlwind romance with the author’s father, Michel Petitjean, as a jumping-off point, The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris provides a striking portrait of the artist and an inside look at the history of one of her most powerful, enigmatic paintings.

1917. In un villaggio del nord-est della Francia una bambina di dieci anni viene trovata morta in un canale. A raccontare la vicenda è un poliziotto assetato di verità che, a vent'anni di distanza, ricostruisce il fatto nella speranza di fare luce sulla Storia e sul proprio passato. E scrive, per mantenersi in vita, per dire la sua verità. Aiutato dai ricordi dei testimoni, ripercorre quei giorni e la catena di eventi che li hanno preceduti e seguiti: l'orrore insensato della guerra e quel tragico delitto che non trova spiegazione. Un romanzo che parte come un'indagine poliziesca ma, a mano a mano che la ricostruzione procede, si trasforma: protagonisti diventano l'umanità e la sua sofferenza, la sua solitudine. La frontiera tra bene e male, amore e odio, pace e guerra diventa sempre più incerta, e sul dolore degli uomini prevale il sentimento antico della pietà, che consola e accomuna.

'Ingenious . . . With great delicacy, Nothomb updates the age-old divide between East and West in this delectable little book.' O, The Oprah Magazine Amélie, a well-intentioned and eager young westerner, goes to Japan to spend a year working at the Yumimoto Corporation. Returning to the land where she was born is the fulfilment of a dream for Amélie, but once there her working life quickly becomes a comic nightmare of terror and self-abasement. Disturbing, hilarious and totally convincing, Fear and Trembling displays an elegant and shrewd understanding of the intricate ways in which Japanese relationships are made and spoiled. 'A vituperatively funny attack on an alien culture.' Daily Telegraph 'Nothomb is the latest enfant terrible of French letters - she has an acidic yet passionately romantic view of human nature.' Elle 'A scathingly funny novella.' Newsday

At forty-three, Myriam has been a wife, mother, and lover-but never a restauranteur. When she opens Chez Moi in a quiet neighborhood in Paris, she has no idea how to run a business, but armed only with her love of cooking, she is determined to try. Barely able to pay the rent, Myriam secretly sleeps in the dining room and bathes in the kitchen sink, while struggling to come to terms with the painful memories of her past. But soon enough her delectable cuisine brings her many neighbors to Chez Moi, and Myriam finds that she may get a second chance at life and love.

This intimate account offers a new, unexpected understanding of the artist’s work and of the vibrant 1930s surrealist scene. In 1938, just as she was leaving Mexico for her first solo exhibition in New York, Frida Kahlo was devastated to learn from her husband, Diego Rivera, that he intended to divorce her. This latest blow followed a long series of betrayals, most painful of all his affair with her beloved younger sister, Cristina, in 1934. In early 1939, anxious and adrift, Kahlo traveled from the United States to France—her only trip to Europe, and the beginning of a unique period of her life when she was enjoying success on her own. Now, for the first time, this previously overlooked part of her story is brought to light in exquisite detail. Marc Petitjean takes the reader to Paris, where Kahlo spends her days alongside luminaries such as Pablo Picasso, André Breton, Dora Maar, and Marcel Duchamp. Using Kahlo’s whirlwind romance with the author’s father, Michel Petitjean, as a jumping-off point, The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris provides a striking portrait of the artist and an inside look at the history of one of her most powerful, enigmatic paintings.

Come si forma una coppia? Quanto può durare un grande amore e quando finisce? Con il suo humor e la straordinaria padronanza della narrazione, Hervé Le Tellier affronta interrogativi universali. La storia ruota attorno a Thomas Le Gall, uno psichiatra che ha un'avventura con Louise, avvocato sposata con Romain. Anna, medico, è sposata con Stan e incontra Yves, uno scrittore che lascerà Ariane. Thomas è lo psichiatra di Anna e si interessa a Yves, di cui lei gli parla. Non si tratta di una semplice commedia: i protagonisti, tra mogli, mariti e amanti, riscoprono il colpo di fulmine quando la loro vita sembra stabilizzata, costretti a riconciliare valori, passioni, affetti e libertà. "Il desiderio non accetta spiegazioni semplici", osserva Le Tellier. "Quando non sai dove andare, non importa che strada prendi." Il prezzo da pagare sarà alto. Il risultato è un romanzo di sofisticata eleganza e intelligenza, che invita alla riflessione e suscita sorrisi. Un'opera sull'attrazione, la responsabilità e l'amore, scritta con ironia e profonda conoscenza dell'animo umano da uno degli scrittori più originali di Francia.