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Ce volume rassemble deux des plus fascinantes histoires de fantômes de Henry James, qui invitent à sonder les profondeurs de l'âme humaine. Dans Sir Edmund Orne (1891), une femme, en proie à de soudaines crises d'angoisse, avoue au gentilhomme convoitant sa fille qu'elle est taraudée par le spectre de son premier fiancé, suicidé. Bientôt, le jeune homme lui-même rencontre ce fantôme... Dans Le Coin plaisant (1908), un certain Spencer Brydon, de retour aux États-Unis après trente-trois ans d'absence, prend conscience que son [...] existence aurait pu être tout autre, et part alors à la recherche de l'homme qu'il aurait pu devenir : sortira-t-il indemne de cette quête ? Troublantes, inquiétantes, fantastiques et psychologiques tout à la fois, ces nouvelles constituent un des sommets de l'oeuvre de James.
En 1963, un siècle après l'abolition de l'esclavage, la discrimination raciale est toujours d'actualité aux États-Unis. Sous la pression grandissante des militants noirs, John F. Kennedy annonce la promulgation d'une loi visant à faire des Noirs américains des citoyens comme les autres, " sans distinction de couleur ni de race ". Mais les promesses du président ne suffisent pas à calmer la colère des mouvements radicaux. Pour Malcolm X, il n'est pas question d'opposer un discours non violent à la violence quotidienne infligée aux [...] Noirs ; ce sera la liberté ou la mort ; le vote ou le fusil.
If your husband was murdered. And you were a witness. How do you explain it when he appears on your nanny cam, back from the dead? You thought you trusted him. Now you can't even trust yourself...
Amazon Exclusive: Inside Inferno Explore the sights of Inferno alongside Robert Langdon in this exclusive first look at Dan Brown's latest thriller. As Langdon continued on toward the elbow of the square, he couldsee, directly ahead in the distance, the shimmering blue glass dial of theSt. Mark’s Clock Tower—the same astronomical clock through whichJames Bond had thrown a villain in the film Moonraker. The Tetrarchs statue was well known for its missing foot, brokenoff while it was being plundered from Constantinople in the [...] thirteenthcentury. Miraculously, in the 1960s, the foot was unearthed in Istanbul.Venice petitioned for the missing piece of statue, but the Turkish authoritiesreplied with a simple message: You stole the statue—we’re keeping ourfoot. Amid a contour of spires and domes, a single illuminated facade dominatedLangdon’s field of view. The building was an imposing stone fortresswith a notched parapet and a three-hundred-foot tower that swellednear the top, bulging outward into a massive machicolated battlement. Langdon found himself standing before a familiar face—that of Dante Alighieri.Depicted in the legendary fresco by Michelino, the great poet stood beforeMount Purgatory and held forth in his hands, as if in humble offering,his masterpiece The Divine Comedy. Amazon Exclusve: Additional Reading Suggestions from Dan Brown The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Inferno—(Penguin Classics) The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology—Ray Kurzweil (Author) Brunelleschi's Dome—Ross King (Author) The Lives of the Artists Volume 1—Giorgio Vasari (Author), George Bull (Translator) The Book Of Symbols: Reflections On Archetypal Images—ARAS Q&A with Dan Brown Q. Inferno refers to Dante Alighieri´s The Divine Comedy. What is Dante’s significance? What features of his work or life inspired you? A. The Divine Comedy—like The Mona Lisa—is one of those rare artistic achievements that transcends its moment in history and becomes an enduring cultural touchstone. Like Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, The Divine Comedy speaks to us centuries after its creation and is considered an example of one of the finest works ever produced in its artistic field. For me, the most captivating quality of Dante Alighieri is his staggering influence on culture, religion, history, and the arts. In addition to codifying the early Christian vision of Hell, Dante’s work has inspired some of history’s greatest luminaries—Longfellow, Chaucer, Borges, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Monteverdi, Michelangelo, Blake, Dalí—and even a few modern video game designers. Despite Dante’s enduring influence on the arts, however, most of us today have only a vague notion of what his work actually says—both literally and symbolically (which, of course, is of great interest to Robert Langdon). A few years ago, I became very excited about the prospect of writing a contemporary thriller that incorporated the philosophy, history, and text of Dante’s timeless descent into The Inferno. Q. Where did do your research for Inferno? How long did you spend on it? A. Researching Inferno began with six months of reading, including several translations of The Divine Comedy, various annotations by Dante scholars, historical texts about Dante’s life and philosophies, as well as a lot of background reading on Florence itself. At the same time, I was poring over all the new scientific information that I could find on a cutting edge technology that I had decided to incorporate into the novel. Once I had enough understanding of these topics to proceed, I traveled to Florence and Venice, where I was fortunate to meet with some wonderful art historians, librarians, and other scholars who helped me enormously. Once this initial phase of research was complete, I began outlining and writing the novel. As is always the case, when a book begins to take shape, I am drawn in unexpected directions that require additional research. This was also the case with Inferno, which took about 3 years from conception to publication. With respect to the process, the success of these novels has been a bit of a Catch-22. On one hand, I now have wonderful access to specialists, authorities, and even secret archives from which to draw information and inspiration. On the other hand, because there is increased speculation about my works in progress, I need to be increasingly discreet about the places I go and the specialists with whom I speak. Even so, there is one aspect of my research that will never change—making personal visits to the locations about which I’m writing. When it comes to capturing the feel of a novel’s setting, I find there is no substitute for being there in the flesh...even if sometimes I need to do it incognito. Q. What kind of adventure will Robert Langdon face this time? Can you give us any sneak peak at the new novel? A. Inferno is very much a Robert Langdon thriller. It’s filled with codes, symbols, art, and the exotic locations that my readers love to explore. In this novel, Dante Alighieri’s ancient literary masterpiece—The Divine Comedy—becomes a catalyst that inspires a macabre genius to unleash a scientific creation of enormous destructive potential. Robert Langdon must battle this dark adversary by deciphering a Dante-related riddle, which leads him to Florence, where he finds himself in a desperate race through a landscape of classical art, secret passageways, and futuristic technology. Q. What made Florence the ideal location for Inferno? A. No city on earth is more closely tied to Dante Alighieri. Dante grew up in Florence, fell in love in Florence, and began writing in Florence. Later in life, when he was exiled for political reasons, the longing he felt for his beloved Florence became a catalyst for The Divine Comedy. Through his enduring poem, Dante enjoyed the “last word” over his political enemies, banishing them to various rings of Inferno where they suffered terrible tortures.
An ordinary snapshot causes a mother’s world to unravel in an instant. After picking up her two young children from school, Grace Lawson looks through a newly developed set of photographs. She finds an odd one in the pack: a mysterious picture from perhaps twenty years ago, showing four strangers she can’t identify. But there is one face she recognizes—that of her husband, from before she knew him....
“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.” January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she’s never met, a native of the island of Guernsey, who has come across her name written inside a book by Charles Lamb...
When Jenny meets Erich in New York, it is like a dream come true. A fashionable painter, he also seems like a thoughtful and caring person. They quickly marry so they can start a life together at his ranch in Minnesota with her two little girls.
But Jenny soon finds out that life with Erich is no dream. In fact it could well be her worst nightmare...
Martin Luther King a dédié sa vie à la lutte contre le racisme et la ségrégation aux Etats-Unis. Le 28 août 1963, au terme d'une marche qui rassemble 250 000 personnes, il prononce son fameux discours "I have a dream", véritable hymne à la liberté. La loi sur les droits civils, votée en 1964, établit l'égalité des hommes, quelle que soit leur race, au sein de la nation américaine. En 1882, Ernest Renan, lors d'une conférence célèbre, affirme que ni la race, ni la langue, ni la religion ne peuvent définir une communauté [...] nationale.
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