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What Happened to Tom

Inspired by Judith Jarvis Thomson’s philosophical thought experiment “The Violinist,” this book is a psychological thriller, a horror story that any one of millions of people could experience.

Tom ...

Somewhere a Long and Happy Life Probably Awaits You

By (author) Jill Sexsmith
Categories: Humorous fiction

Somewhere a Long and Happy Life Probably Awaits You explores the peculiar places we look for validation, a purpose, a life we might recognize as wholly our own. As her off-kilter heroes and heroines struggle ...

Dead Man, The

“Nora Gold is a natural storyteller, and her ability to make us understand the shimmering and complex landscape of love has its haunting echoes in the Israeli landscape. ” —Jay Neugeboren, author ...

Rich and Poor

By (author) Jacob Wren
Categories: Fiction: general and literary

Who hasn’t, at one time or another, considered killing a billionaire? Rich and Poor is a novel of a man who washes dishes for a living and decides to kill a billionaire as a political act. It is literature ...

The Mercy Journals

In the wake of a third world war, a soldier named Mercy travels into the wilderness to find his missing family.

This unsettling novel is set thirty years in the future, in the wake of a third world war. ...

Zut! j'ai raté mon gâteau

In 1937, Marie-Juliette cooks out of necessity and dreams of becoming a chef; in 1967, Hélène cooks out of obligation and dreams of a better life for herself and her children; in 2016, Émilie cooks ...

Bonsoir la muette

Témoignage poignant d’une enfance abusée, livré avec finesse, transparence et indulgence.

« Vers quatre ans, j’ai cessé de parler. Plus d’un an après, quand la parole m’est revenue, elle ...

La fiancée du facteur

D'origine bavaroise, Tania Schumpf, 23 ans, est arrivée à Montréal pour y faire des études universitaires, perfectionner son français et rejoindre un garçon rencontré sur Internet. Alors que ce ...

Au péril de la mer

At once a novel and a journal, this work is a fabulous homage to books and to those who create them, written in the spirit of Pascal Quignard and Alberto Manguel. In its library’s golden age, Mont-Saint-Michel ...

Mostarghia

The young narrator, her little brother and their parents are living in Mostar when the bombs begin falling on Tito’s Yugoslavia. They have to leave. The family embarks on a journey that will last for ...