Résultats pour "Benjamin" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Montréal, 13 février 1940. Jeanne Vinais rend l'âme à la suite de son dur accouchement. Le gros poupon a eu raison de la chétive maman. Se retrouvant seul avec ses quatre filles, Marcelle, Régine, Estelle et la petite dernière prénommée Benjamine, le père, éploré, n'a d'autrechoix que de retirer sa plus vieille de l'école pour qu'elle s'occupe de la maison et du bébé. Au seuil de l'adolescence, Marcelle s'incline devant cette décision et Benjamine devient à ses yeux l'autre, celle qui a tué leur mère. Un surnom qui lui restera.

A companion volume to Illuminations, the first collection of Walter Benjamin’s writings, Reflections presents a further sampling of his wide-ranging work. Here Benjamin evolves a theory of language as the medium of all creation, discusses theater and surrealism, reminisces about Berlin in the 1920s, recalls conversations with Bertolt Brecht, and provides travelogues of various cities, including Moscow under Stalin.

Les Contes ne sont jamais ce qu’ils semblent être au premier abord…. Lorsque Warren s'est retrouvé projeté contre son gré dans l'univers des Contes, il ne pensait pas rencontrer Blanche-Neige et encore moins que cette dernière mettrait sa tête à prix après qu'il a découvert la vérité sur la Méchante Reine. Notre Héros en formation, accompagné d’Ariane et de ses fidèles acolytes, est désormais pourchassé par les troupes de Blanche par-delà les frontières du royaume de Schneefall, à la recherche d'une Héroïne dont il ignore tout, pour tenter de sauver le monde.

"Encore une histoire" est le podcast numéro 1 des familles. Il est dédié aux enfants (et à tous ceux qui gardent une âme d'enfant) qui aiment se laisser emporter par de belles histoires.Chaque semaine, découvrez une nouvelle histoire adaptée d’un grand livre de littérature jeunesse ou une création originale. Ce podcast, produit par Benjamin Muller, interprété par Céline Kallmann et réalisé par Alexandre Ferreira, célèbre l’art de raconter des histoires.Retrouvez des personnages emblématiques comme la Nat’, Eliott le dinosaure, ou Tomy le mouton. ...

Brought to you by Penguin. *LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025* *WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARDS FICTION AWARD 2025* *WINNER OF THE WINSTON GRAHAM HISTORICAL PRIZE 2026* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026* Thomas lives a slow, deliberate life with his mother in...

"Distrait, inattentif, ennuyé", Adolphe, à 22 ans, trouve "qu'aucun but ne vaut la peine d'aucun effort". Un beau jour, pourtant, il a envie d'être aimé et décide de conquérir Ellénore. Bien vite, "le charme de l'amour" lui pèse comme une chaîne. Ellénore, lui sacrifiant "fortune, enfants, réputation", empoisonne de remords sa belle indifférence. La souffrance d'Ellénore n'est pour Adolphe qu'un moyen de se connaître et d'éprouver sa propre lucidité.

Benjamin Button was literally born an old man. He lived a backwards life, for his body grew younger as the years passed him by. Come and listen to the original, unabridged story by F. Scott Fitzgerald which inspired the movie.

Le deuxième tome d'une trilogie préquel qui se situe un an avant Dune, la saga phénomène de la science-fiction. Un an avant Dune... Dame Jessica, concubine du Duc Leto Atréides et mère de Paul, voit ses vieux démons se réveiller. Elle qui a déjà rompu un serment envers le Bene Gesserit se retrouve confrontée à un dilemme cornélien : doit-elle à nouveau trahir la communauté à laquelle elle appartient et qui l'a formée, ou abandonner sa propre famille ?

Brought to you by Penguin. * 2022's most original and darkly funny murder mystery from award-winning comedian Benjamin Stevenson * I was dreading the Cunningham family reunion even before the first murder. Before the storm stranded us at the mountain resort. The thing is, us Cunninghams don't...

Earth was invaded. Earth was conquered. And humanity was summarily subjugated, as 400,000,000 people were culled. The terrifying part was this only took the Peacekeepers a second. There wasn't even a chance for us to fight back. In the blink of an eye, questions like whether or not we're alone in the universe or at the top of the food chain were answered. We were not. Not by a long shot. Despite the mass murder, the Peacekeepers promise they're benevolent. They don't want to rule Earth. They don't want to control humanity. They just want us to stop playing around with AI and genetics.

The board is set for an incredible conflict that will determine the fate of the world. Can Ben and his friends assemble enough strength to save Alcott - from the demons and from itself? Ben returns in book five of the popular Benjamin Ashwood series. 

The fourth book in the fan favorite Benjamin Ashwood series follows Ben as he journeys into the unknown. Behind him, the prospect of war builds between two powerful factions. A threat to all of Alcott looms in the north. Ben and his party seek to secure a powerful weapon which can eliminate the threat once and for all. Along the way, they pick up new allies, and lose friends. The stakes increase, the danger rises, and the need for heroes has never been stronger. Can Ben and his companions be those heroes?

Avec "Adolphe", Benjamin Constant marquait de son sceau la littérature du XIXe siècle et posait l'un des plus importants jalons du romantisme français. Portrait sentimental d'une histoire d'amour tragique, "Adolphe" reflète et illustre les contrées intérieures d'une jeunesse du XIXe siècle naissant, en proie au mal du siècle - prise entre désirs de gloire et mélancolie, entre idéal et spleen.

In the city of fear, money holds dominion over all. With a new designer drug numbing the population, a rash of mysterious disappearances, and a murder rate rising higher than the tallest skyscraper, the only people with the means to distance themselves from the corruption are the ones fostering it. Enter Benjamin—a lone hundred-dollar bill caught in the middle. In a storm of pills, bullets, and bloodshed, Benjamin passes through the hands of several desperate criminals.

Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize. A Guardian Fiction Book of the year. Sometimes discovery brings destruction. "When We Cease to Understand the World" shows us great minds striking out into dangerous, uncharted terrain. Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger: these are among the luminaries into whose troubled minds we are thrust as they grapple with the most profound questions of existence. They have strokes of unparalleled genius, they alienate friends and lovers, they descend into isolated states of madness.

In A Conspiracy of Paper, Weaver investigates a crime of the most personal sort: the mysterious death of his estranged father, a notorious stockjobber. To find the answers, Weaver must contend with a desperate prostitute who knows too much about his past, relatives who remind him of his alienation from the Jewish faith, and a cabal of powerful men in the world of British finance who have hidden their business dealings behind an intricate web of deception and violence. Relying on brains and brawn, Weaver uncovers the beginnings of a strange new economic order.

F. Scott Fitzgerald makes antebellum Baltimore his setting for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a fantastical tale with some Poe-like overtones about a baby born at age 70 who then lives life in reverse, his hair turning "in the dozen years of his life from white to iron-gray, the network of wrinkles on his face becoming less pronounced". What ramifications that creates for Benjamin's relationship with his father first and then later with his wife and his own son makes for some fantastical situations.

Talented in magic, the young elven woman Ruethwyn didn't fit in in her hometown but was scheduled to attend the most renowned academy of magic in the kingdom and was even building up the courage to confess her love in the hope it might be returned. That all ended in a dragon's fire. Resvarygrath the Gilded destroyed Ruethwyn's village, killed her parents and teacher, and stole away the young women of the village. Maimed by the dragon's flames, Ruethwyn was spared by a curious dark elf who gave her a chance; she had two years to rescue her beloved or risk losing her forever. 

Instead of bulging muscles and cosmic powers, Stone McGracen got a knife, a tunic, and a high-five. Stone McGracen died trying to be a hero, earning him a second chance in a game-like world. Reincarnated, Stone wakes deep in a dungeon armed with a knife, unlimited respawns, and a lot of dungeon monsters between him and freedom. If Stone wants to make it out to the world above, things are going to get...unorthodox. Follow Stone as he claws his way to the top with pure grit, spit, and blood in Sol Anchor!

Evelyn's deeds are coming back to haunt her. Free to travel among the stars, the former warlord is enjoying her freedom, even if she’s occasionally exasperated by the women who’ve attached themselves to her. They accompany her as she encounters wonders, from dryad terraforming ships to the orcish arenas of Skaloth. Yet Evelyn has enemies, and they have not forgotten her. They target one of the few people she truly cares about, knowing that Evelyn will come. When she does she may be drawn into a trap from which even she can’t escape.