Cousin Bette

By Honoré De Balzac, DE BALZAC, HONORE, Honoré De Balzac, Bellos, David, Raphael, Sylvia

Cover -- Copyright Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of HonorÉ De Balzac -- Map -- COUSIN BETTE -- 1. Where will love find a...

Cousin Bette

By Honoré De Balzac, DE BALZAC, HONORE, Honoré De Balzac, Bellos, David, Raphael, Sylvia

Cover -- Copyright Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of HonorÉ De Balzac -- Map -- COUSIN BETTE -- 1. Where will love find a...

Bird In A Cage

By Frédéric Dard, David Bellos, Bellos, David, Dard, Frédéric

30-year-old Albert returns to Paris after six years away, during which time his mother has passed away, to find himself entangled in a complicated case centred around a woman he met at a restaurant...

Cousin Bette

By DE BALZAC, HONORE, Sylvia Raphael, Honoré De Balzac, David Bellos, Bellos, David, Raphael, Sylvia

Set in mid-19th century Paris, this novel tells the story of an unmarried middle-aged woman who plots the destruction of her extended family. Bette works with Valérie Marneffe, an unhappily married...

Cousin Bette

By Honoré De Balzac, DE BALZAC, HONORE, Sylvia Raphael, Honoré De Balzac, David Bellos, Bellos, David, Raphael, Sylvia

Cover -- Copyright Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of HonorÉ De Balzac -- Map -- COUSIN BETTE -- 1. Where will love find a...

Portrait Of A Man

By Georges Perec, Perec, Georges, Bellos, David, BELLOS David PEREC Georges

Gaspard Winckler, Master Forger, Is Trapped In A Basement Studio On The Outskirts Of Paris, With His Paymaster's Blood On His Hands. The Motive For This Murder? A Perversion Of Artistic Ambition. A...

Art And Craft Of Approaching Your Head Of Department To Submit A Request For A Raise

By Georges Perec, Perec, Georges, Bellos, David

so having weighed the pros and cons you've decided to approach your boss to ask for that well-earned raise in salary but before you schedule the all-important meeting you decide to dip into this ha...

Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything

By David Bellos

Funny and surprising on every page, Is That a Fish in Your Ear offers readers new insight into the mystery of how we come to know what someone else means whether we wish to understand Asteerix cart...

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Bird in a Cage

By Frederic Dard

A man becomes entangled in a dangerous web of death and deceit in this “hallmark of classic French noir” set in 1960s Paris (The Guardian) Trouble is the last thing Albert needs. T...