This new title by American Joyce Maynard is said to be one of her greatest. It’s difficult to decide as each of his novels that we read shocked us on different levels. In it, a heroine marked by the tragic death of her mother when she was 6 years old tries to rebuild herself as an adult, suffering new setbacks that will put her resilience to the test.
Fifth investigation with police officer Huldar and child psychologist Freyja, this Icelandic thriller continues to take us into the gray areas of the small island nation, while a doll found in a fishing net leads the authorities to a dark story sexual abuse of minors.
The Italian author, whom we discovered with the captivating novel Hitler’s Taste, takes us here to Sarajevo, in 1992, in the footsteps of Omar, a 10-year-old boy who is waiting for his mother to return. But the war took him to Italy, where he experienced the wounds of exile. A poignant novel which received much attention.
The one who wrote The Great Sailor, where she recounted her extraordinary experience on a fishing boat in Alaska, looks back on her childhood in the Alps in the 1960s, her solitary wanderings in nature and her discoveries with wild animals . Poetic prose, imbued with sensitivity.
Finalist for the Booker Prize, this novel by an author born in Zimbabwe and based in the United States tells the story of an imaginary country where everyone lived happily – until the arrival of the colonizers. A satirical and captivating fable, which makes us discover a new voice.
