Un appartement à New York

L'exploitation

Set in the fourteenth century in Europe's most far-flung outpost, a land of glittering fjords, blasting winds, sun-warmed meadows, and high, dark, mountains, The Greenlanders is the story of one family - proud landowner Asgeir Gunnarsson; his daughter Margret, whose wilful independence leads her into passionate adultery and exile; and his son, Gunnar, whose quest for knowledge is at the compelling centre of this unforgettable book. Jane Smiley takes us into this world of farmers, priests, and lawspeakers, of hunts and feasts and long-standing feuds, and by an act of literary magic, makes a remote time, place, and people not only real, but dear to us.

The Greenlanders

The second novel in the dazzling Last Hundred Years trilogy, Early Warning follows the Langdon family from the 50s, through to the 1980s, in this stunning family saga from the winner of the Pulitzer Prize1953. When a funeral brings the Langdon family together once more, they little realize how much, over the coming years, each of their worlds will shift and change. For now Walter and Rosanna's sons and daughters are grown up and have children of their own. Frank, the eldest - restless, unhappy - ignores his troubled wife and instead finds himself distracted by a face from the past. Lillian must watch as her brilliant, eccentric husband Arthur is destroyed by the guilt arising from his secretive government work. Claire, too, finds that marriage is not quite what she expected it to be. In Iowa where the Langdons began, Joe sees that some aspects of life on the farm never change, while others are unrecognizable. And though a few members of the family remain mired in the past, others will attempt to move beyond the lives they have always known; and some will push forward as never before. The dark shadow of the Vietnam War hangs over every one .

Early Warning

'Sunshine in book form' - Daily Mail'A joyfully escapist celebration of friendship and freedom' - Mail on Sunday'Delightful, heartwarming .

The Strays of Paris

Jane Smiley Coffret 2 Volumes : Un Appartement A New York. L'Exploitation

In this brilliant collection of five short stories and a novella, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley presents six unforgettable portraits exploring the perils of domestic life. I am thirty-five years old, and it seems to me that I have reached the age of grief. Others arrive there sooner. Almost no one arrives much later .

The Age of Grief

Troisième volume de la trilogie de Jane Smiley, «Un siècle américain», best-seller en Amérique et dans toute l'Europe. Dans ce dernier épisode avec la famille Landgon, les membres du clan doivent faire face à des changements sociaux, économiques et personnels profonds. On traverse alors main dans la main avec ces personnages attachants les années 80, les scandales des années 90, la montée du cynisme et la prise de pouvoir de Wall Street. Mais pour Jane Smiley, il ne s'agit jamais de se livrer à une rétrospective historique ou politique. Son prisme est celui de l'intime, de l'émotion, de la bouleversante fragilité de l'âme humaine face au monde.

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