The striving, vulgar Chichikov travels around the countryside collecting “dead souls” (deceased serfs still on the tax rolls) from landowners as a way to inflate his social standing. His travels give rise to bitingly satirical episodes...
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Author:Gogol, NikolaiSummary: - Author:Stone, NicSummary:
"Powerful, wrenching.” –JOHN GREEN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down
"Raw and gripping." –JASON REYNOLDS, New York Times bestselling coauthor of All American Boys
"A must-read!” –ANGIE...
- Author:Aldington, RichardSummary:
"Death of a Hero", published in 1929 was the author’s literary response to the war. He went on to publish several works of fiction. In 1942, having moved to the United States, he began to write biographies. This last work was...
- Author:D. Lamy, FernandeSummary:
Thierry Roy est âgé de 17 ans. Il a retrouvé la joie de partager sa vie avec un nouveau chien-guide Louka. Le jeune homme a grandi en force et en maturité. Il adore ses cours de karaté/ jiu-jitsu. Ses amis sont restés fidèles. La vie...
- Author:de la Roche, MazoSummary:
From the author of the bestselling Jalna series. This early novel from the pen of one of Canada’s most universally known writers sparkles with life and vitality. Here we find the primitive, the natural, and the innocent in conflict with...
- Author:Lafontaine, GeorgesSummary:
Récipiendaire du Grand Prix de la relève littéraire Archambault 6e édition, Georges Lafontaine poursuit l’histoire d’Achille, l’octogénaire excentrique de Des cendres sur la glace, avec Des cendres et du feu, un autre roman aux...
- Author:Karle, VincentSummary:
When the new kid from Afghanistan is put in Martin’s class, Martin ridicules his clothes and nicknames him “Taliban.” But the two realize they have more in common than they thought, and unexpectedly become friends—until a brutal drug...
- Author:Burrow, ZalieSummary:
Living with her mole-obsessed, gun-happy father on a farm, Sally has her work cut out. But with the love of local farm boy Johnny Hutchins, life can be full of frolics. Devon Girl is a light-hearted look at farming with a fair...
- Author:Blondeau, CatherineSummary:
DÉBUTANTS FINALISTE AU PRIX DES LIBRAIRES 2020 - FRANCE Une histoire de l'humanité qui rassemble et permet des rencontres improbables Résumé Juillet 2004. L'inauguration du musée national de Préhistoire réunit en...
- Author:Andrewes, EmilieSummary:
Un petit village situé près du golfe du Saint-Laurent est sous l'effet d'une rumeur mystérieuse qui annonce l'arrivée imminente d'un tsunami. Serait-ce Robinson qui l'aurait répandue, lui qui, depuis la...
- Author:Wah, FredSummary:
This story of family and identity, migration and integration, culture and self-discovery is told through family history, memory, and the occasional recipe. Diamond Grill is a rich banquet where Salisbury Steak shares a menu with chicken...
- Author:Beck, MarthaSummary:
Maybe, once or twice in your life, you’ve experienced a surge of destiny so strong it made you believe in miracles. Such bolts from the blue seem to hit when weariness or ill fortune have plowed through the ground of reason, breaking it...
- Author:Lavoie, Marie-RenéeSummary:
Il fait chaud, la ville est insupportable en été, surtout après si longtemps à contempler alternativement les murs de la maison et l'écran de l'ordinateur. Diane et Claudine, on les comprend, souhaitent désespérément s...
- Author:Walker, SaraiSummary:
Plum Kettle does her best not to be noticed, because when you're fat, to be noticed is to be judged. She is biding her time at a job answering fan mail for a popular teen girls magazine until she can afford weight-loss surgery. But...
- Author:Calvino, ItaloSummary:
Intricate interior lives are brilliantly explored in these short stories, now presented in one definitive collection as Calvino intended them In Difficult Loves, Italy's master storyteller weaves tales in which cherished deceptions...
- Author:Normandeau, MichelSummary:
«Cher Michel, Si vous lisez ce message, c’est que mon amie Germaine de Montréal aura assisté à votre spectacle “Mademoiselle de Paris” et qu’à la toute fin de la représentation, elle vous l’aura remis. Je lui ai demandé de décider elle-...
- Author:Hsieh Chou, ElaineSummary:
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE SELECTION * A MALALA BOOK CLUB PICK * AN INDIE NEXT PICK * A FAVORITE BOOK OF 2022 BY NPR AND BOOK RIOT * A MUST-READ MARCH 2022 BOOK BY TIME, VANITY FAIR, EW AND THE CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS * A MOST...
- Author:Ntshingila, FuthiSummary:
Life wasn’t always this hard for fourteen-year-old Mvelo, who lives with her mother, Zola in the shacks on the margins of Mkhumbane township. There were good times when they lived with Sipho, Zola’s lawyer boyfriend. But when the...
- Author:Cuevas, MayraSummary:
Malena Rosario is starting to believe that catastrophes come in threes. First, Hurricane María destroyed her home, taking her unbreakable spirit with it. Second, she and her mother are now stuck in Florida, which is nothing like her...
- Author:Cruz, AngieSummary:
From IMPAC Dublin Award finalist Angie Cruz, an urgent, beautifully told audiobook about a Dominican teenager's arranged marriage and immigration to New York City, set against the political turmoil of the 1960s. Fifteen-year-old...
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