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Patrick Crowley
Pierre Michon is one of France’s most significant contemporary writers. Since the publication in 1984 of his first book, Vies minuscules, Michon’s work has never ceased to evade generic classifications…
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A Grand Prix du Roman-winning meditation on the relationship between art and power set during Louis XIV’s reign.
A major French writer blows the lid off desire in an erotic tour de force.
Michon’s exquisite short narratives transport us to the heart of the Middle Ages as witnesses to the double-edged power of belief
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Imagines decisive moments in the lives of five artists of different times and places: Vincent van Gogh, Francisco Goya, Antoin Watteau, Claude Lorrain and Lorentino, a disciple of Piero della…
Julia Holter
In Le clair-obscur extreme contemporain Pierre Bergounioux, Pierre Michon, Patrick Modiano et Pascal Quignard, Julia Holter proposes that a chiaroscuro aesthetic and mode of thought underlie and unite the work…
Pierre Michon Bourdelot
Conversations academiques, tirees de l'Academie de M. l'abbe Bourdelot, … / par le sieur Le Gallois Date de l'edition originale: 1674
Le present ouvrage s'inscrit dans une politique de conservation…
Celebre par les uns pour la beaute de son ecriture, nourrie d'une grande culture litteraire, par les autres pour sa maniere de detourner le genre ancien de la biographie -…
Pierre Michon,Amin Maalouf,Erich Kastner
Pierre Michon,Andre Franquin,Zoe Valdes
A radiant work of fiction that illuminates the life and art of Rimbaud in a way that no biography could
A young teacher takes his first job in a sleepy French town. Lost in a succession of rainy days and sleepless nights, he falls under the spell of a town…
Jean-Philippe Domecq,Pierre Michon,Karen Viggers
English summary: What sort of control and responsibility to we have in regards to our beliefs? How much can we decide what we believe? This question has perturbed philosophers since…
