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The Most Beautiful Book in the World

Eight Novellas

By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

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The Most Beautiful Book in the World

Eight Novellas

By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

The international bestselling story collection. “Truth and beauty are here brought together with all the visual beauty and power of a major literary work” (Lire Magazine, France). A cast of extravagant and affecting characters lovingly portrayed by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt animates these eight contemporary fables about people in search of happiness. One of Europe's most popular and bestselling authors, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt captivates the reader with his spirited style and enchanting stories that move effortlessly from the everyday to the fantastical. The eight stories in this collection, his first to be published in English, represent his best and most imaginative storylines: from the touching and surprising love story between Balthazar, a wealthy author, and Odette, a shop clerk, to the tale of a barefooted princess; from the moving title story about a group of female prisoners in a Soviet gulag to the entertaining portrait of a perennially disgruntled perfectionist. Behind each story lies a simple, if elusive, truth: though we may be frequently blind to it, happiness is often right in front of our eyes.

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Europa Editions

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1609459946

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9781609459949

The Woman with the Bouquet

By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

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The Woman with the Bouquet

By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

In his new collection of stories, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, author of The Most Beautiful Book in the World, probes the paradox that the events that shape our lives are often the stuff of dreams, yet nonetheless true. Humor, tenderness, irony and exquisite writing have always been the hallmarks of Schmitt’s work. Here, he adds a pinch of philosophy. In one story, a lovelorn writer seeks refuge in Ostende, a remote and charming town on the North Sea. His host is a solitary and eccentric octogenarian. The fairy-tale setting starts to work its magic and the old woman begins to tell her tale—an extraordinary story of passion. Bewitched by what he hears, the writer can no longer distinguish what is real from what is not, and in the woman’s account he will finally find a response to his own deep-seated grief. Here, as in the other stories in this collection, Schmitt displays the combination of stylishness and insight into the human condition that prompted Kirkus Reviews to write of his tales that they “echo Maupassant’s with their lean narratives, surprise endings, mordant humor and psychological acuity.” An exceptional collection by one of Europe’s most beloved authors.

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168

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Penguin

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1609459903

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9781609459901

Noah's Child

By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

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Noah's Child

By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

From one of the world's biggest selling authors comes another million-copy worldwide bestseller: A beautiful and tender fable seen through the eyes of a Jewish child living in Belgium under the Nazi occupation. It is 1942 and the Jews are being deported from Belgium. Separated from his parents, seven-year-old Joseph must go into hiding. He is taken in the dead of night to an orphanage, the Villa Jaune, where the benign and enigmatic Father Pons presides over a motley assortment of children. With the ever-present threat of the Gestapo growing closer, Joseph learns that the secret of survival is to conceal his Jewish heritage. Soon Joseph also discovers that Father Pons has a secret of his own: he is risking his life not only for the boys in his care, but for the Jewish faith itself. Sensitive, funny and deeply humane, Noah's Child is a simple fable that reveals the complexities of faith, bravery and the human condition.

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109

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Atlantic Books

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0857897233

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9780857897237

The Carousel of Desire

By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

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The Carousel of Desire

By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

From the author of The Most Beautiful Book in the World, a literary tour de force of contemporary eroticism. "This message is just to say I love you. Signed: You know who." A love note is delivered anonymously to each inhabitant of Piazza Guy d'Arezzo in Brussels one morning, triggering a series of adventures and misadventures that, over 600 pages, develop into a sumptuous comedy of manners that is sexy, sensual, affecting, encyclopaedic, and unlike anything written previously by Schmitt. Employing a roving camera technique that recalls both the stylish cinematic tradition of French New Wave and the films by Fellini and Antonioni, The Carousel of Desire is a sexual and romantic saga told with a master storyteller's feel for character and plot, and a philosopher's abiding preoccupation with what makes life truly worthwhile. Schmitt tells a colourful tale about class and community, about the varieties of human experience. His love of coincidence and serendipity is surpassed only by his affection for his all-too-human characters: Zachary Bidermann, the powerful E.U. commissioner; Faustina, the fashionable book publicist; Franc ̧ois-Maxime de Couvigne, the happily married banker with more than a few secrets; Marcelle, enamoured of a handsome illegal immigrant; and Miss Beauvert, who makes love with her parrot, Copernicus. These and many more unforgettable characters animate this story of simmering desire and mischievous Eros.

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567

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Europa Editions UK

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1787700356

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9781787700352

Monsieur Ibrahim And The Flowers of the Qu'ran

By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

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Monsieur Ibrahim And The Flowers of the Qu'ran

By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Internationally acclaimed play of cross-cultural friendship Paris in the 1960s. Thirteen-year-old Moses lives in the shadow of his less-than loving father. When he's caught stealing from wise old shopkeeper Monsieur Ibrahim, he discovers an unlikely friend and a whole new world. Together they embark on a journey that takes them from the streets of Paris to the whirling dervishes of the Golden Crescent. This delightful, moving play has already been a huge hit in Paris and New York. Performed in thirteen countries and published in twelve languages, it is also an award-winning film starring Omar Sharif. Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qur'an received its UK premiere at the Bush Theatre on 17 January 2006.

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A&C Black

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140815384X

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9781408153840

Concerto to the Memory of an Angel

By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

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Concerto to the Memory of an Angel

By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

The title story is the tale of two friends with very different personalities—one competitive and aggressive, the other kind and disinterested. They are confronted with circumstances that lead to a catharsis in which both men will move beyond their predetermined roles. Another story, "The Return," introduces a father whose work takes him far from home for months at a time. Over the years, the names, faces and personalities of his wife and children have blurred in his memory, a fact that comes cruelly to light when, while on a trip, he learns that one of his daughters has died but can't recall exactly which one it is. In his confusion he begins asking himself which daughter he would miss most—a heartless question but one that will bring him to recognize his failings as a man and as a father.

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147

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Europa Editions UK

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178770131X

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9781787701311

Invisible Love

By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

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Invisible Love

By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is the author of three luminous collections of short stories including bestselling The Most Beautiful Book in the World (Europa, 2009, available from Turnaround). The question at the centre of all of these works is the same: What is happiness and how do we attain it? In this collection, two lovers secretly adore the child they can never have; a concentration camp survivor finds inner peace thanks to the love of a faithful dog; a man learns to love his wife by listening to the memories of her first husband; and a mother rediscovers love for her child .

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Europa Editions UK

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1609452143

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9781609452148

Three Women in a Mirror

By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

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Three Women in a Mirror

By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

“A miraculous book in praise of women, in praise of both their shortcomings and their strengths” from the internationally bestselling author (l’Express). Anne, Hanna, and Anny. Three young women, free spirits all, each one at odds with the age in which they live. Despite the centuries that divide them, their stories intersect—a surprising narrative technique that lends increasing tension and richness to this novel, which builds to a thrilling crescendo of unexpected revelations. Anne lives in Flanders in the sixteenth century. She’s a mystic who talks with animals like Saint Francis; she finds God in nature and cannot understand the need for religious rituals. Yet her ideas run against the temper of the times and result in her being branded a heretic, with tragic consequences. Hanna lives in Vienna at the start of the twentieth century. She is a young noblewoman, dissatisfied with bourgeois conventions, who will find a method for uncovering the roots of her malaise in a new cure developed by a Viennese doctor by the name of Sigmund Freud. Anny is a Hollywood star of the 2000s, addicted to celebrity and to variety of illicit substances. Both her curse and her solace, acting will give her the key to an open a new chapter in her life where she will find love, companionship, and the meaning she has been searching for. “Schmitt writes movingly about three women, divided by time and distance, whose lives connect when they attempt to break free of expectations imposed by society . . . Schmitt’s three complex stories are beautifully translated and masterfully written.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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Europa Editions

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160945166X

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9781609451660

Paradises Lost

"A masterful novel" (Le Figaro)

By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

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Paradises Lost

"A masterful novel" (Le Figaro)

By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Noam is a young man when the Flood wreaks havoc on the world, destroying the peaceful lakeside village he called home, and turning his whole life upside down. Destined to live forever as an immortal, Noam travels through the centuries in search of the meaning of life, and the events which shaped who we have become today. Paradises Lost is the first installment of Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's monumental project of recounting the history of humanity, the fruits of more than thirty years of research. The first in a series, and in the form of a stylistic novel much like Yuval Noah Harari crossed with Alexandre Dumas. Schmitt combines his scientific, religious and philosophical research to propel readers from one world to another, and from pre-history to today.

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411

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Europa Editions UK

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1787704580

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9781787704589

Ulisses from Bagdad

By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

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Ulisses from Bagdad

By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Ulisses from Bagdad és una novel·la d'aventures. El protagonista d'aquesta esplèndida narració, Saad Saad, vol fugir del caos de la ciutat de Bagdad, immersa en la guerra, i aconseguir la llibertat a Europa, on pensa començar de nou. No viatjarà sol. El seu pare, mort no fa gaire, se li apareixerà al llarg del viatge i el guiarà amb les seves converses. En el decurs d'aquest relat violent, còmic i tràgic, Saad Saad passarà tota mena de tribulacions en un viatge que no tindrà retorn. Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt reelabora en direcció inversa el viatge d'Ulisses, donant forma contemporània als grans mites de l'Odissea per crear una faula actual (aquí les sirenes són membres d'un grup de rock, Calipso és una dona siciliana...). Testimoni captivador i fraternal, Schmitt ens sedueix amb una epopeia picaresca i alhora ens interpel·la amb una pregunta inquietant: Són les fronteres el darrer bastió de la nostra identitat o més aviat l'última muralla de les nostres il·lusions?

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312

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Grupo Planeta Spain

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8484375854

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9788484375852

Book's by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

The Most Beautiful Book in the World

The Most Beautiful Book in the World

The Woman with the Bouquet

The Woman with the Bouquet

Noah's Child

Noah's Child

The Carousel of Desire

The Carousel of Desire

Monsieur Ibrahim And The Flowers of the Qu'ran

Monsieur Ibrahim And The Flowers of the Qu'ran

Concerto to the Memory of an Angel

Concerto to the Memory of an Angel

Invisible Love

Invisible Love

Three Women in a Mirror

Three Women in a Mirror

Paradises Lost

Paradises Lost

Ulisses from Bagdad

Ulisses from Bagdad

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