« The town walked with a straight and proud back,for not since Hadrian built the wall up northhad an emperor deigned to come west. » Set in roman Londinium before Christ this long epic and lyric poem in free verse tell the tale of Zuleika who became the Emperor’s mistress. I really enjoyed the singularity of this […]
Le pays du Dauphin Vert, Elisabeth Goudge.
Mon #livredéterminant du dimanche : Le pays du Dauphin Vert, Elisabeth Goudge. « Bien qu’ils fussent physiquement à des centaines de milles, leurs âmes semblaient très près d’elle. Ils recherchaient tous la même chose. Leur trinité formait une unité. ‘Une corde triple ne peut pas se rompre’ , avait dit William.« Un roman ample et intense, à la […]
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The Miniaturist, Jessie Burton.
« Beneath the sun, a motto has been engraved: ‘Everything man sees he takes for a toy. Thus is he always, forever a boy.’ Cornelia says wistfully. ‘I haven’t heard that saying for years‘ ». I really enjoyed this book even if I had foreseen the « secrets » of the household which were quite predictable. What I loved […]
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