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A lonely art historian absorbed in her research seizes the opportunity to share in the joys and pleasures of the lives of a glittering couple, only to find her hopes of companionship and happiness shattered.

Regardez-moi

Edith hope qui, sous un pseudonyme plus aguicheur, écrit des romans sentimentaux, s'est retirée à l'hôtel du lac, établissement cossu, situé en bordure du lac léman.
 " ceux qui croyaient me connaître ne tenaient pas à me voir changer ", dit-elle pour évoquer le carcan dans lequel elle vivait jusque-là enfermée et les raisons qui, vraisemblablement, l'ont incitée à choquer pour toujours la bonne société anglaise. 
Plutôt que de se confesser, la romancière écrit, écoute et observe : les attentions déployées par mr neville, séducteur du lieu ; la morgue de monica, jeune femme anorexique et bien vivante, que son mari répudiera bientôt ; les mimiques de mrs pusey et de sa fille, ou les malheurs de mme de bonneuil.

Hotel du lac

Esquives

Julia et moi

With this novel, Booker Prize-winning author Anita Brookner confirms her reputation as an unparalleled observer of social nuance and deeply felt longings. Brief Lives chronicles an unlikely friendship: that between the flamboyant, monstrously egocentric Julia and the modest, self-effacing Fay, who is at once fascinated and appalled by Julia's excesses. Thrust together by their husbands' business partnership -- and by a guilty secret -- Julia and Fay develop an intense bond that is nonetheless something less than intimacy, a relationship in which we see our own uneasy compromises, not only with other people, but with life itself.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling.


The latecomers are Hartmann and Fibich, brought over to England as children to escape Nazi Germany, now living close to each other in London in their 60s, and still friends. Yet they could not be more different, each having adopted different strategies to reconcile themselves with their past and to cope with an uncertain world.

Latecomers

After twenty years of marriage Blanche Vernon is alone; abandoned by her husband Bertie for a childishly demanding computer expert named Mousie. While Blanche finds this turn of events baffling, she feels that Bertie must have left her because of her overly sensible demeanor. Yet many of their mutual friends disagree. In fact, Blanche has come to be regarded as undeniably eccentric--making elliptical remarks that no one knows how to read, and chatting at great length about characters in fiction. She resolutely fills her unwanted hours with activities, maintaining her excellent appearance, drinking increasingly more wine, and, in an attempt to turn her energy to good works, becoming severely enmeshed in the life of a disordered young family.

Mésalliance

Edith Hope, l'héroïne d'Hôtel du Lac, s'est retirée mystérieusement sur les bords du Léman, contrainte de s'éloigner de ses proches. Elle y demeurera jusqu'à la fin de la saison d'été, isolement qui donnera lieu à toutes les spéculations. Que s'est-il passé ? La narratrice nous révélera progressivement comment elle a dû changer sa vie. Parmi les pensionnaires se trouvent Monsieur Neville avec lequel une relation particulière se noue, une vieille comtesse, le patron de l'établissement... Dans cette atmosphère singulière de huis-clos haletant s'ébauche un suspens en clair-obscur... Hôtel du Lac a obtenu en 1984 le Booker Prize, le plus important et prestigieux prix littéraire britannique. Dans y la préface, son ami l'écrivain Julian Barnes rend ici à Anita Brookner un hommage subtil en forme de portrait.

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