Rejoignez-nous pour un voyage dans le monde des livres!
Ajouter ce livre à l'électronique
Grey
Ecrivez un nouveau commentaire Default profile 50px
Grey
Abonnez-vous pour lire le livre complet ou lisez les premières pages gratuitement!
All characters reduced
The Angel of History - cover

The Angel of History

Rabih Alameddine

Maison d'édition: Atlantic Monthly Press

  • 0
  • 1
  • 0

Synopsis

A gay poet is haunted by war and the AIDs crisis in this “sprawling fever dream of a novel” by the Dos Passos Prize-winning author of An Unnecessary Woman (NPR.org). 
 
Set over the course of one night in the waiting room of a psych clinic, The Angel of History follows Yemeni-born poet Jacob as he revisits the events of his life. His memories take him from his maternal upbringing in an Egyptian whorehouse to his adolescence under the aegis of his wealthy father and his life as a gay Arab man in San Francisco at the height of AIDS.  
 
Haunted by an alluring, sassy Satan, who taunts Jacob to remember his painful past, and by dour, frigid Death, who urges him to forget and give up on life, Jacob is also attended to by fourteen saints. With Jacob recalling his life in Cairo, Beirut, Sana’a, Stockholm, and San Francisco, Alameddine gives us a charged philosophical portrayal of a brilliant mind in crisis. This is a profound story that “marks the triumph of memory over oblivion” (Bookforum).
Disponible depuis: 04/10/2016.
Longueur d'impression: 304 pages.

D'autres livres qui pourraient vous intéresser

  • London Ever After - cover

    London Ever After

    Clare Lydon

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Amid London’s hustle, an unexpected love story begins… 
    Hannah Driver’s life is on the skids: single, newly jobless, and nursing ambitions of becoming a drag king that make her traditional family baulk. She’s at a crossroads. 
    Enter Cordy Starling, the charming and composed pianist who moves in with Hannah, and quickly becomes the nudge—or rather, full-on shove—Hannah needs to chase her dreams. The prospect of romance with Cordy twinkles on the horizon like a disco ball, promising glitter but guaranteeing chaos.  
    Together, they embark on a jagged journey of self-discovery, dodging family scepticism and their own reservations, as Hannah embraces her new persona, while winning over her toughest critic: herself. When Hannah and Cordy’s world merges with the cast of unforgettable characters from previous stories, it gives everyone the send-off they deserve.  
    London Ever After is your ticket to a generous slice of London sapphic life, and also to the party of the year. Grab a cocktail, kick back, and revel in the final story of the London Romance series!
    Voir livre
  • Borrowing Her Lodger’s Vibrator : Milf’s Threesomes 18 (FFM Threesome Erotica) - cover

    Borrowing Her Lodger’s Vibrator...

    Nicki Menage

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    When Martha’s batteries run flat on her vibrator, she sneaks into her lodger Ellis’s room to borrow hers instead.  Ellis spies her landlady skipping out of her room and she follows her to watch as Martha finishes the job she started.Ellis’s house-mate Connor stirs in bed and arrives at Martha’s room too.  Soon the two of them are helping Martha come, but Martha has a few naughty ideas of her own before that happens.Listen as they venture into Martha’s room for a night that none of them will ever forget.
    Voir livre
  • Bring Me Home - cover

    Bring Me Home

    Annabeth Albert

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Help! 
     
     
     
    I've inherited my aunt's historic house in small-town Oregon, and I need to fix it up and sell it fast before I move on to my big-city dreams. I'm one of the navy's best investigators, but twenty years of living in base housing means DIY isn't part of my extensive skill set. 
     
     
     
    Luckily, my best friend has the solution: his twenty-three-year-old son. Knox recently graduated from college, needs a room for the summer, and comes with a giant cat and years of remodeling experience. 
     
     
     
    Not only is Knox all grown up and hot as sin, but I recognize him. He's the bossy, bearded guy I shared the hottest kiss of my life with. No way can my buddy find out I've got it bad for his son. But with all the stripping, hammering, and drilling, my defenses crumble one dance break at a time. 
     
     
     
    As our sexy secret summer fling continues, Knox also proves himself handy at fixing my grumpy mood and wounded heart. Now I can't imagine a future without him. I can solve any problem the navy throws at me, but I have no clue what to do about loving Knox or the damage this could do to my decades-long friendship. 
     
     
     
    Can we build a forever together, or are we destined to go our separate ways? 
     
     
     
    Contains mature themes.
    Voir livre
  • Lust In Her Eyes: A Lesbian Medical Romance Novella - cover

    Lust In Her Eyes: A Lesbian...

    M.T. Cassen

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Rebound sex was all Avery was hoping for. 
      
    Her ex dumped her because of Avery's lack of commitment. Her heart was not in it, apparently. Crushed and miffed, the 35-year-old redhead travels to her favorite professional psychology conference, ready for a good time and to nerd out, of course. 
      
    Enter Raya: gorgeous, smart, and slightly anxious. Eyes like honey, she cannot ignore the confident redhead flirting with her. 
      
    Sparks fly. The chemistry sizzles. Both women capitulate to desire and spend a night pf lust to remember forever. 
      
    However, Avery cannot forget how Raya felt under the sheets, and now she discovers they should have never been together... 
      
    Geographical distance, professional barriers, and their pasts get in the way of this star-crossed relationship. Will Avery and Raya conquer their fears and overcome the obstacles ahead? 
      
    Sizzles, swooning, and gasping in this heartwarming lesbian medical romance will have you devouring page after page. What are you waiting for? 
      
    Read it now.
    Voir livre
  • Summer Drifter - cover

    Summer Drifter

    RJ Scott

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    One man craves family, the other isolation; neither of them was searching for love. 
     
     
     
    Experienced and much-in-demand horse trainer Levi doesn't need or want people. With his horse and dog at his side, he lives out of his trailer and trains horses in the summer to earn just enough to head south for winter. Everything in his easy-going life is on track until he knocks over Quinn, a pink-haired stranger who pirouettes in front of his truck, sits in his lap, and calls him cowboy with the sexiest voice he's ever heard. Anger turns to frustration, lust turns to love, and by the end of the summer, Levi doesn't know which way to turn. 
     
     
     
    Quinn loses everything when the cops find his brother's body on the remains of a compound that belonged to a cult. Damaged and vulnerable, Max had been the only safe place for Quinn in his otherwise cold family, but finding out that Max might have had a son sends Quinn to Wyoming and the Lennox Ranch. When he's knocked to the ground on day one at the ranch, he wonders if maybe he should have thought things through better. He never meant to fall for the closed-off cowboy, but somehow Levi steals his heart and Quinn falls in love. 
     
     
     
    Contains mature themes.
    Voir livre
  • Infernal Hearts - cover

    Infernal Hearts

    Danny Haliwell

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    "I want to offer you a deal . . . "Jason Blackwell thought he had finally escaped his father's world of magical medicine. All he wants is a normal life as a practicing veterinarian. No supernaturals. No unpredictable magic. Just a small town, regular animals, and walking away from his family secrets . . . and lies.Until he's woken in the night by Levi—an incubus attired in a fancy suit with a Southern drawl, too much charm, and an annoying tendency to always get his way. Jason is his only chance to find his missing brother.And they have only two weeks to find him . . . or the demon dies. And finding Levi's brother might just be the key to figuring out his own father's disappearance.Pulled back into the life he thought he had left behind forever, Jason now returns to the shadows and secrets of the supernatural world. Only this time, there's no hiding from the truth about himself—and his family's troubled legacy—or from the magnetic demon who pulls at his heart.But when you make a bargain with an incubus, there is always a price to be paid. The only question is whether Jason and Levi will live long enough to regret it . . . 
     
    Contains mature themes.
    Voir livre