Le Sucre by Georges Conchon
Le Sucre by Georges Conchon
Tax Inspector Adrien Courtois is a late-adopter pharmacist, who soon has a pretty good heritage. To manage this nest egg, and sure of his experience, Adrien does not hesitate to retire. Eight months later, he finds himself ruined. Despite his competence, despite his professional mistrust, the unfortunate man was trapped in this huge sugar business - a hole of 66 billion - which, in 1974-1975, stirred the world of money. In this novel, we find the most cruel verve of The Wild State, with the sense of story that made the success of Love in the face. Like the hero, one can not detach oneself from the infernal gear of sugar.
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Language: French
Used book: Good Condition
Publisher: Editions Albin Michel
Publication date: 1977
Pages: 218
A psychological thriller by Patricia Highsmith, known in English by the title Deep Water.
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Language: French
Used book: Good Condition
Publisher: Calmann-Levy, 1958
Publication date: 1958
PAPERBACK / SOFTBACK - ISBN: 2-266-01744-6
For the cover but also for the book if you can read French!
"Le Colonel Chabert (English: Colonel Chabert) is an 1832 novella by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). It is included in his series of novels (or Roman-fleuve) known as La Comédie humaine (The Human Comedy), which depicts and parodies French society in the period of the Restoration (1815–1830) and the July Monarchy (1830–1848). This novella, originally published in Le Constitutionnel, was adapted for six different motion pictures, including two silent films." (from wikipedia!)
Language: French
Used book: Good Condition
Publisher: Le Livre de Poche
Publication date: 1973
PAPERBACK / SOFTBACK - ISBN: 978-0-8112-1855-9
A charming book featuring stunning French theatrical costumes and drawings.
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Genre: Comedy of manners
Language: French
Used book: Fair/Good Condition
Publisher: Larousse chez tous les libraires
Publication date: 1971
PAPERBACK / SOFTBACK - ISBN: 2-03-034665-9
A great cover and if you can read French, an amazing absurdist play.
English title reads as The Bald Singer, followed by The Lesson.
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Used book: Good Condition (two available in good condition one from 1988 other from 1989)
Illustration by: de Steinberg
Publisher: Edition Gallimard, Folio
Publication date: 1954
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Pages: 150
"FYI George Eliot's Wikipedia page is the soapiest most scandalous thing you'll read this month. Thesis: she was ugly AND horny!" - Lena Dunham on Twitter
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Used book: Great Condition
Publisher: Airmont Publishing Co.
Publication date: 1963
PAPERBACK / SOFTBACK - ISBN: 0-525-24234-1
Pages: 188
"I think Silas Marner holds a higher place than any of the author's works. It is more nearly a masterpiece; It has more of that simple, rounded, consummate aspect ... which marks a classical work."- Henry James
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Used book: Great Condition
Publisher: Bantam Books
Publication date: 1981
PAPERBACK / SOFTBACK - ISBN: 0-553-21048-3
Pages: 186
"I bent down and put my arms around her and lifted her up close " Listen," I said, "it's raining hard. I'm going to take you home. You'll catch your death lying here on wet stone..."
"No," she said, her hands on my shoulders, "nobody ever sees me home. You're going back to where you belong."
"I won't leave you here," I said.
"Can I call you tomorrow night? Can it be like what I was telling you, you know...going steady"
She didn't answer. She only smiled. She say quite still, looking into my face, and then she closed her eyes and threw back her head and said. "Kiss me again, Stranger"
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Used book: Good Condition
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published date: May, 1970
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Tax Inspector Adrien Courtois is a late-adopter pharmacist, who soon has a pretty good heritage. To manage this nest egg, and sure of his experience, Adrien does not hesitate to retire. Eight months later, he finds himself ruined. Despite his competence, despite his professional mistrust, the unfortunate man was trapped in this huge sugar business - a hole of 66 billion - which, in 1974-1975, stirred the world of money. In this novel, we find the most cruel verve of The Wild State, with the sense of story that made the success of Love in the face. Like the hero, one can not detach oneself from the infernal gear of sugar.
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Language: French
Used book: Good Condition
Publisher: Editions Albin Michel
Publication date: 1977
Pages: 218