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A disillusioned Parisian writer finds inspiration in the ordinary lives of his neighbours, the Martins. ‘A wonderful surprise'L'Express Is it true that every life is the stuff of novels? Or are some people just too ordinary?This is the question a struggling Parisian writer asks when he challenges himself to write about the first person he sees when he steps outside his apartment. Secretly hoping to meet the beautiful woman who occasionally smokes on his street, he instead sets eyes on octogenarian Madeleine. She's happy to become the subject of his project, but first she needs to put her shopping away…Wondering if his project is doomed to be hopelessly banal, he soon finds himself tangled in the lives of Madeleine's family. Though calm on the surface, the Martins have secrets, troubles and woes, and the writer discovers that the most compelling story is that of an ordinary life.

'In his latest pulp horror gem, Janz channels early Stephen King to twist the story of a secluded writers'retreat into something unique and thought-provoking.'- BooklistTen writers are selected for a summer-long writing retreat with the most celebrated and reclusive author in the world. Their host is the legendary Roderick Wells. Handsome, enigmatic, and fiendishly talented, Wells promises to teach his pupils about writing, about magic, about the untapped potential that each of them possesses. Most of all, he plans to teach them about the darkness in their hearts. The writers think they are signing up for a chance at riches and literary prestige. But they are really entering the twisted imagination of a deranged genius, a lethal contest pitting them against one another in a struggle for their sanity and their lives. They have entered into Roderick Wells's most brilliant and horrible creation. The Dark Game. FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.

Due romanzi brevi pubblicati assieme per la prima volta compongono questo volume, e sono due narrazioni parallele ricche di sorprese e di enigmatici contatti. «I romanzi brevi e i racconti di Zambra hanno la grazia e la leggerezza dei racconti di Cortázar e Borges» (Francesco Pacifico, LA REPUBBLICA).

L'étrange dernière rencontre d'un éditeur sceptique et de son auteur à succès...Ce premier livre, que je vous suggère de prendre pour le premier chapitre d'une œuvre plus large, regardez-le comme une épure. Il retrace l'étrange dernière rencontre d'un éditeur sceptique et de son auteur à succès… Ils se retrouvent bouleversés lors d'un échange d'une teneur que rien n'annonçait, de sorte qu'ils ne peuvent « enfin » se sentir soulagés mais soulagés tout de même.Quentin, éditeur, a vainement tenté d'écrire son autobiographie, un projet que lui arrache son plus cher auteur dans une tentative tout aussi vaine. Une femme paraît (les prochains livres nous apprendront qui elle est et ce que deviendra ce livre)… Un livre d'abord sans écriture car ici seule compte et parle à l'auteur sa nouvelle écriture lorsqu'elle lui devient impossible.A travers ce premier chapitre, plongez-vous dans une saga poétique et littéraire!EXTRAITSeul, je m'attardais à suivre leur éloignement, je me figeais à leur allure, trop arrangée pour ne pas être parlante, et puisque mes pensées me retenaient d'aller au-devant d‘eux, à distance je me laissais entraîner par la transparence de leur esprit vers ce qu'ils cristallisaient. J'écartais cette femme qui marchait devant lui mais que plus rien ne colorait. Je m‘arrêtais au silence de leur séparation, lui portant une attention plus délicate que la tendresse ressentie par un prêtre à une quelconque célébration. Je fixais Quentin tandis qu'ils restaient un dernier instant à se dévisager; de son regard familier je m'attirais ses volontés de recouvrer nos bavardages passés. Enfin, je me levais et sortais seul, le regard fugacement tourné vers un homme autrement brisé qui s‘empressait de prendre place dans ce décor desséché.À PROPOS DE L'AUTEURRien ne prédestinait Adel Benabdallah à l'écriture. Né dans un milieu populaire, sans livres, mais riche en histoires, il a aujourd'hui 45 ans, et écrit ce qui lui était venu lorsqu'il en avait 20. Au lecteur, il demande de porter à ce livre l'attention que réclame son écriture. Elle est celle d'un homme qui d'abord inculte, se reprend au terme de deux décennies d'un progrès qui ne l'auront avancé en rien.

Blindness and Rage is a novel told in 34 cantos, somewhat in the manner of Pushkin's great Russian novel in verse, Eugene Onegin. Castro's hero Lucien Gracq is a townplanner from Adelaide who is writing a book-length poem, Paidia. Doubtful of its reception, he travels to Paris to join a literary club which guarantees its members anonymity, by having their books published under someone else's name, while the authors themselves are encouraged to commit suicide if they are not already, as in Gracq's case, facing death from a terminal illness. Castro's novel is a part-serious, part-comic fantasy on the present fate of literary authors, who might as well be anonymous, or dead, for all the recognition that they are likely to receive for their writing.

Join Jacob and Margaret as they travel back in time to Lake Geneva, Switzerland. It's 1816, and George Gordon, Lord Byron has challenged Mary and Percy Shelley and himself to compose a scary story. Jacob and Margaret know that Mary's tale will be Frankenstein. But Mary is struggling with writer's block! Can Jacob and Margaret help Mary mold a monster? Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

A sensation in France, this is a story about literary deceptions, family secrets, and a thrilling quest for the truthWho is the real author of The Black Insignia? Is it H. R. Sanders, whose name is printed on the cover of every installment of the wildly successful young adult adventure series? Or is it Daniel Roche, the enigmatic world traveler who disappears for months at a time? When Daniel's great-niece, Hélène, moves to Paris to study archeology, she does not expect to be searching for answers to these questions. As rumors circulate, however, that the twenty-fourth volume of The Black Insignia series will be the last, Hélène and her friend Guillaume, a devoted fan of her great-uncle's books, set out to discover more about the man whose life eludes her. In so doing, she uncovers an explosive secret dating back to the darkest days of the Occupation.In recounting the moment when one history began and another ended, The Travels of Daniel Ascher explores the true nature of fiction: is it a refuge, a lie, or a stand-in for mourning?

A magical journey into the land where stories come from“[A] sweet-toned, summer-fun story.” —The New York Times Book ReviewWhen Tuesday McGillycuddy and her beloved dog, Baxterr, discover that Tuesday's mother—the famous author Serendipity Smith—has gone missing, they set out on a magical adventure. In their quest to find Serendipity, they discover the mysterious and unpredictable place that stories come from. Here, Tuesday befriends the fearless Vivienne Small, learns to sail an enchanted boat, tangles with an evil pirate, and discovers the truth about her remarkable dog. Along the way, she learns what it means to be a writer and how difficult it can sometimes be to get all the way to The End.This title has Common Core connections.Finding Serendipity by Angelica Banks, with illustrations by Stevie Lewis, is the first in a series. that continues with book two, A Week Without Tuesday.“This enchanting story... celebrates the imagination and the connection writers feel with their stories. Spunky characters; spot-on pacing, providing perfectly timed plot revelations; and fully imagined worlds make this a charming winner.” —Booklist, starred review“With cinematic imagery and keen wit, the authors construct an inventive novel.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review“Young writers will find inspiration in the tale—especially those who have a story within them but might be too shy to tell it.” —The New York Times Book Review

A star-studded anthology with a devilish hook, whose proceeds benefit 826nyc: the fabulous literacy non-profit founded by Dave Eggers. Can you imagine the most cantankerous book editor alive? Part Voldemort, part Cruella de Vil (if she were a dude), and worse in appearance and odor than a gluttonous farm pig? A man who makes no secret of his love of cheese or his disdain of unworthy authors? That man is Herman Mildew. The anthology opens with an invitation to a party, care of this insufferable monster, where more than 80 of the most talented, bestselling and recognizable names in YA and children's fiction learn that they are suspects in his murder. All must provide alibis in brief first-person entries. The problem is that all of them are liars, all of them are fabulists, and all have something to hide...

Not to be confused with his counterpart, the esteemed British statesman, American author Winston Churchill was a military man by training who gave up a promising career as an officer to pursue his dream of becoming a novelist. In The Celebrity, Churchill spins a wildly entertaining yarn about an unnamed celebrity's hijinks as he takes his summer vacation at a fashionable resort.

Bron is a thirty-year-old writer living in London, a seemingly incurable heartbreaker and dodger of commitment. He is fascinated by the symbolist artist Paul Marotte and has made the artist the center of a book he is writing about love at first sight. Bron goes to his friend's country house to work in solitude but encounters the beautiful, enigmatic Flora. Suddenly the theme of his book takes on a completely new, intensely personal dimension as Bron becomes dangerously smitten by the aloof beauty. Fast-paced, brilliantly crafted, and intellectually stimulating, The Trial of True Love is a captivating exploration of the nature of love, its elusiveness, and most of all, the universal human need to find it.