François finished reading La Contrebasse by Patrick Süskind
Dans son appartement, le personnage, contrebassiste de l'« Orchestre national » âgé de trente-cinq ans, …
Comment toujours, excellent Suskind. conseille
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Retired linguist/law/IT. Avid reader in all languages (see polyglot.city/@FrankauLux/ ), both paper and ebooks. Mostly fictions these days.
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François started reading La Contrebasse by Patrick Süskind
La Contrebasse by Patrick Süskind
Dans son appartement, le personnage, contrebassiste de l'« Orchestre national » âgé de trente-cinq ans, présente son instrument au public, …
François finished reading Aventures d'Arthur Gordon Pym de Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe
End a bit disappointing but otherwise interesting, as usual with Poe
François finished reading Magician by William Somerset Maugham
Stunningly rejacketed as part of a major reinvention of this neglected 20th century masterSet in …
Not exactly what I expected, even if to be honest I don't know what I expected. All in all a nice story, but not really my favorite author.
François started reading Aventures d'Arthur Gordon Pym de Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe
François started reading Magician by William Somerset Maugham
Magician by William Somerset Maugham
Stunningly rejacketed as part of a major reinvention of this neglected 20th century masterSet in the bohemian cafe society of …
François finished reading LA DESOBEISSANCE CIVILE by Henry David Thoreau
La Désobéissance civile (titre original : On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, ou Civil Disobedience) …
Tres court et un peu decevant :-(
François started reading LA DESOBEISSANCE CIVILE by Henry David Thoreau
La Désobéissance civile (titre original : On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, ou Civil Disobedience) …
Very short -35 pages
François finished reading The Purloined Letter / The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
In these two stories of young Monsieur Dupin— astute, scholarly, and a rambler during the …
Forgot how short those stories were :-)
François started reading The Purloined Letter / The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
The Purloined Letter / The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
In these two stories of young Monsieur Dupin— astute, scholarly, and a rambler during the night hours — Edgar Allan …
François finished reading The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor
In 1986, Eddie and his friends are just kids on the verge of adolescence. They …
Excellent book totally recommended. Plot twists until the end. Very good !!
François started reading The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor
The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor
In 1986, Eddie and his friends are just kids on the verge of adolescence. They spend their days biking around …
François finished reading The Californian's Tale by Mark Twain
Mark Twain's view of the California gold rush.
This is very short story. I was fooled into thinking it was a complete book because the epub I downloaded is epub V3.0 and it contains an audio (read) version of the short story as well. Very nice all the same
François started reading The Californian's Tale by Mark Twain
The Californian's Tale by Mark Twain
Mark Twain's view of the California gold rush.
François finished reading Gallica, Tome 3 : Les enfants de la veuve by Henri Loevenbruck
En cet an de grâce 1154, le peuple de Gallica - cette France qui jamais …
Excellente saga.L'auteur parvient à bâtir un monde cohérent, auquel on croit. Plein de rebondissements. Conseillé! (mais il faut lire les 3!)