La festa del ritorno

La festa del ritorno

“Sembra che tutto nasca da quel fuoco crepitante e dallo sciame di scintille sollevate dal vento notturno” scrive il critico Alfonso Berardinelli a proposito della Festa del ritorno. Ed è proprio così: in questo racconto di un padre e di un figlio Carmine...
Christmas in Camelot

Christmas in Camelot

The Greatest Gifts . . . Are Always Unexpected … Lady Noelle has no intention of marrying just to save her family’s castle. She feels nothing for Sir Gavin, the man who will become her husband on Christmas Day. Then she spies Camelot’s newest knight, the...
The Battle for Christmas

The Battle for Christmas

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • Drawing on a wealth of research, this ”fascinating” book (The New York Times Book Review) charts the invention of our current Yuletide traditions, from St. Nicholas to the Christmas tree and, perhaps most radically, the...
Du pain et du jasmin

Du pain et du jasmin

1984 : les émeutes du pain — 2010 : la Révolution du jasmin. Deux périodes tumultueuses vécues à près de trente ans de distance par une mère et sa fille. Nadia quitte sa Tunisie natale pendant les émeutes qui secouent le pays en 1984. Révoltée contre ses parents, elle...