MICHEL DEON

L''Irlande existe peut-être... En vérité, on n''en sait rien. La dire imaginaire n''est pas faux non plus. Elle a trop bien joué de ses légendes et de son héroïque et désastreux passé. Les temps mode

En Irlanda, en el Connemara, la landa es muy traidora porque está sembrada de agujeros y trampas. Allí todo puede ocurrir. El día que Sean y su fiel perro Chum caen en una zanja llena de agua helada, solamente Sarah, a la que llaman la bruja, podra salvarles. De este modo una curiosa amistad nace entre Sean y la mujer de la que todo el mundo huye porque creen que esta loca. Pero, ¿acaso se puede llamar locura a hacer hablar a los perros?

Arthur Morgan travels to New York in the 1950s. He encounters gilded youth, the rich and eccentric, and is invited to the White House. He succeeds in meeting the great and the good. But the repercussions of unfulfilled desires and love will resurface long after Arthur has returned to France.

Quand Matisse s''installe à Collioure, en mai 1905, il n''est encore qu''un petit maître. Mais le port catalan, aux portes de l''Espagne, est un terreau fertile où vivent des «indigènes» novateurs: É

« À Corfou, toute une nuit, des amis se parlent, s''écoutent parfois, divaguent souvent. Quand l''aube se lève, ils ont pratiquement fait le tour de la Terre et visité l''Univers. Un seul d''entre ce

« Ses parents lui disaient : "C''est impossible que tu te souviennes. Tu n''avais pas un an quand nous avons quitté l''appartement rue de la Roquette." Il persistait et, jusqu''à un âge très avancé,

In the aftermath of French defeat in July 1940, twenty-year-old Jean Arnaud and his ally, the charming conman Palfy, are hiding out at a brothel in Clermont-Ferrand, having narrowly escaped a firing squad. At a military parade, Jean falls for a beautiful stranger, Claude, who will help him forget his adolescent heartbreak but bring far more serious troubles of her own.Having safely reached occupied Paris, the friends mingle with art smugglers and forgers, social climbers, showbiz starlets, bluffers, swindlers and profiteers, French and German, as Jean learns to make his way in a world of murky allegiances. But beyond the social whirl, the war cannot stay away forever...In this sequel to the acclaimed novel The Foundling Boy, Michel Deons hero comes to manhood not through combat but by discovering truths about desire and possession, sex and love, and the nuances that lie between crudely drawn battle lines.

From the acclaimed author of The Foundling Boy comes this new classic set in 1950s AmericaArthur Morgan is aboard the Queen Mary bound for the United States, where a scholarship at an Ivy League university awaits him, along with the promise of a glittering future.But the few days spent on the ship will have a defining effect on the young Frenchman, when he encounters the love of his life.

Artfully told... readers, propelled by Julian Evans silky-smooth translation, will find the ride in Déon s balloon exhilarating. - Times Literary SupplementA vivid recreation of the interwar period, Michel Deons fictionalised memoir is a touching and very true depiction of boyhood and how our early experiences affect us.Edouard (Michel Deons real name) looks back on his 1920s childhood spent in Paris and Monte Carlo. Within a bourgeois yet unconventional upbringing, Teddy, an observant and sensitive boy, must deal with not just the universal trials of growing up, but also the sudden tragedy that strikes at the heart of his family.

It is 1919. On a summers night in Normandy, a new-born baby is left in a basket outside the home of Albert and Jeanne Arnaud. The childless couple take the foundling in, name him Jean, and decide to raise him as their own, though his parentage remains a mystery. Though Jeans life is never dull, he grows up knowing little of what lies beyond his local area. Until the day he sets off on his bicycle to discover the world, and encounters a Europe on the threshold of interesting times...