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La collection «Asphalte Noir» revient en France et, après Paris, explore Marseille, de l'Estaque au Vieux-Port, de la Joliette à la Plaine, de la Belle de Mai au stade Vélodrome, en passant par le Panier ou les îles du Frioul... Marseille dans toute sa diversité, toutes ses communautés, toutes ses contradictions. Des nouvelles noires inédites, écrites spécialement pour ce recueil, par des auteurs marseillais de naissance ou d'adoption, œuvrant aussi bien dans le polar que la littérature générale.

Learn French with Short Stories is your passport to mastering French while enjoying the adventures of Clara. This book is not just a language guide; it's a gateway to experiencing the vibrancy of French culture and language through enthralling narratives.

Do you want to learn French without feeling like studying? Do you want to learn idioms and speak like a real Parisien? Do you want to listen to French stories without having to flick through a dictionary every other word? Learn French with Short Stories is your passport to mastering French while enjoying the adventures of Clara. This book is not just a language guide; it's a gateway to experiencing the vibrancy of French culture and language through enthralling narratives.

"Herodias", "Dance of death" and "The Legend of Saint Julian The Hospitalier" : 3 French short stories by Gustave Flaubert. "Herodias" is a reworking of the tale of Salomé and John the Baptist. "Dance of Death" is a prose poem in which Death laments over the cruel task God has given him. "The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitalier" is an inspiring tale of perseverance and humility, one of Flaubert's most touching short stories.

The French Classics Collection brings together 18 of the greatest works of fiction ever written in French - here collected into one audiobook and all translated into English. Featuring grand epics of love, loss, and survival, as in Les Miserables, to tales of adventure in Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, and romances such as Madame Bovary, alongside many more grand stories from 17th, 18th, and 19th century France, this collection will whisk you away into other worlds with some of the greatest characters in literature within some of the greatest novels ever written.

A gripping collection of propulsive, psychologically suspenseful stories by the legendary Joyce Carol Oates “who is surely on any shortlist of America’s greatest living writers” (The New York Times Magazine) “A genius in the truest sense of the word.”—Rebecca Makkai “One of the...

The first ever collection of short stories from the New York Times bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of The Friend Over the course of thirty years, Sigrid Nunez has become one of contemporary fiction’s most distinctive voices, producing nine penetrating, profound novels...

Raconté par l'excellente comédienne Johanne Emond, ce deuxième volume, en livre audio, contient cinq petites histoires plus amusantes les unes que les autres.

Guy de Maupassant was an absolute master of the short story genre, delighting in clever plotting, concise style, and efficient storytelling, which he used to produce stunning pieces in a very condensed format. Maupassant specialized in realism, with its sharp criticism of lower human nature and society, and fantastic, although his ventures in the supernatural are often used as an implicit symptom of the protagonists' troubled minds - he was absolutely fascinated with psychiatry, which was nascent at the time.

In this essential trilogy of novellas by the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, French author Patrick Modiano reaches back in time, opening the corridors of memory and exploring the mysteries to be encountered there.

Une trentaine de textes brefs qui déclinent ces petits riens de la vie quotidienne, véritables moments de bonheur indicibles. De la cueillette des mûres, au plaisir sans complexe de savourer un banana-split, en passant par la magie colorée des kaléidoscopes ou l'épluchage subtil des petits pois. Ces textes mis en bouche par Jean-Pierre Cassel évoquent irrésistiblement les plaisirs minuscules que chacun connaît.

“Ahmad’s compassion, her deep care for the psychological and emotional nuances of her characters, never wavers.” – The New York Times Book Review In a searing collection by the award-winning author of The Return of Faraz Ali, characters seek to make their futures their own in a Pakistan...

La commandante Andréa Chang vit toujours, mais sa copilote Maïa n’est plus. Comment expliquer au centre de contrôle l’amour entre deux astronautes, leur capacité à transformer toute épreuve en équation, toute mort en exploit? Dans un monologue intersidérale, l'astronaute tente l'expérience. L'absence de réponse du côté de Capcom ne l'inquiète pas outre-mesure : peut-être la collision a-t-elle causée une panne, peut-être le satellite est-il sorti de son alignement. Ou peut-être qu'il se passe quelque chose, là-bas, sur Terre...

"Notre hôte m’invita à prendre le thé. Au moment de m’asseoir je jetai un coup d’œil sur le visage de la jeune fille qui me tendait mon verre et je sentis soudain comme un souffle passer sur mon âme et en balayer toutes les impressions de la journée, et avec elles l’ennui de la poussière. J’avais aperçu les traits les plus ravissants du plus beau visage qu’eussent jamais offert à mes yeux la réalité ou le rêve. J’avais devant moi une beauté et je le saisis du premier regard, comme on saisit un éclair." Beautés

Tillie n'a qu'une ambition : devenir autrice. C'est pour ça qu'elle a quitté sa ville natale sans un regard en arrière, c'est pour ça qu'elle a rejoint l'université réputée de Pittsburgh, et c'est pour ça qu'elle ne laissera rien se mettre en travers de sa route. Alors, quand elle découvre l'identité de son nouveau professeur d'écriture créative, elle croit d'abord à une mauvaise blague. Le problème n'est pas qu'il soit terriblement jeune, ni même qu'il entraîne l'équipe de soccer de la fac, ça elle pourrait s'y faire.

Unlock the future of storytelling with "French Sci-Fi Short Stories: 10 Short Stories Written in French with English Translations"! This captivating collection features ten mesmerizing science fiction tales, written in French with English translations, perfect for both sci-fi enthusiasts and language learners. Immerse yourself in futuristic adventures, explore parallel universes, and experience the thrill of cosmic mysteries while enhancing your bilingual skills.

Gustave Flaubert is one of the major figures of French literature. He was known for his scrupulous devotion to his style, sometimes working for a whole week to achieve a single page; he was made famous by his first novel, Madame Bovary. "A Simple Soul", sometimes translated as "A Simple Heart", is a short story containing a lifetime of human emotions. After her one and only love purportedly marries a well-to-do woman to avoid conscription, the simple servant Félicité picks up work in a widow's house.

"The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitalier" is a short story by French writer Gustave Flaubert, one of the great masters of literary style and aesthetics. Saint Julian is predicted at birth to do great things, but a growing hatred takes root in him, leading him to seek a way to escape a destiny which seems more and more likely to be terrible. "The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitalier" is an inspiring tale of perseverance and humility, one of Flaubert's most touching short stories with a religious theme.

"Herodias" is a short story by Gustave Flaubert, one of the great masters of French literature. It is a reworking of the tale of Salomé and John the Baptist, in which faith and cruelty are blended in a deadly dance culminating in tragedy. A stylistic masterpiece, with orientalist sensuality and an inspired dive into religious fervor, this short story brings the ancient era to the most colorful possible life.

Learning French is easier than it seems. Not only will this audiobook give you the basic grammar rules, but it also contains many fun exercises for you to practice. If you’ve never studied French before, or if you’ve studied it but you need to go back to the basics to get better, this book will provide everything you need.