Orientalische Literatur

This fast paced novel opens with brothers Yaakov and Lazer's daring escape from the back of a Nazi vehicle en route to their execution in occupied Poland. Surviving alone in the woods untl the war ends, the brothers return to their hometown in search of Wilus Chomelstien, the mayor that had informed the Germans of their plans to organize an armed resitance. The brothers want Wilus to pay for his disloyalty. But the outcome of their meeting with Wilus will haunt them and their descendants far into the future.

The beloved author of The Mistletoe Matchmaker returns with an enchanting new novel, perfect for fans of Jenny Colgan, Nina George, and Nancy Thayer, about residents of Ireland's Finfarran Peninsula who set up a Skype book club with the little US town of Resolve, where generations of Finfarran's emigrants have settled.Distance makes no difference to love... Eagerto cheer up her recently widowed gran, Cassie Fitzgerald, visiting from Canada,persuades Lissbeg Library to set up a Skype book club, linking readers onIreland's Finfarran Peninsula with the US town of Resolve, home to generationsof Finfarran emigrants.But when the club decides to read a detective novel, old conflicts on bothsides of the ocean are exposed and hidden love affairs come to light. Assecrets emerge, Cassie fears she may have done more harm than good. Will thetruths she uncovers about her granny Pat's marriage affect her own hopes offinding love? Is Pat, who's still struggling with the death of her husband,about to fall out with her oldest friend, Mary? Or could the book club itselfhold the key to a triumphant transatlantic happy ending? The TransatlanticBook Club continues the stories of the residents of the FinfarranPeninsula and introduces readers to new characters who they will surely fall inlove with.  

1969 : les Américains marchent sur la Lune. Mehdi, 10 ans, débarque au lycée Lyautey de Casablanca où son instituteur, impressionné par son intelligence et sa boulimie de lecture, lui a obtenu une bourse. Loin de son village de l'Atlas, Mehdi pense être un membre de l'équipage d'Apollo découvrant une planète inconnue : qui sont ces Français qui vivent dans le luxe, adorent les choses immangeables, parlent sans pudeur et lui manifestent un tel intérêt ? Durant une année scolaire animée par une galerie de personnages surprenants, l'histoire émouvante d'un enfant propulsé dans un univers aux antipodes de celui de sa famille.<BR>