The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches

Matsuo Basho

In later life Basho turned to Zen Buddhism, and the travel sketched in this volume relfect his attempts to cast off earthly attachments and reach out to spiritual fulfillment. The sketches are written in the "haibun" style--a linking of verse and prose. The title piece, in particular, reveals Basho stri...

Au Bonheur des Dames (The Ladies' Delight)

Emile Zola

Au Bonheur des Dames Emile Zola publié en 1883, prépublié dès décembre 1882 dans Gil Blas, le onzième volume de la suite romanesque les Rougon-Macquart. À travers une histoire sentimentale, le roman entraîne le lecteur dans le monde des grands magasins, l'une des innovations du Second Empire (1852-1870)...

Light Over Liskeard

Louis de Bernieres

Sometimes we must look to the past to survive the future. An entertaining novel about what really matters in life from the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin Q wants a simpler and safer life. His work as a quantum cryptographer for the government has led him to believe a crisis is immine...