Diaphanes

Literature

 
Angelika Meier - File en douce, oublie-moi
2019
French edition
Diaphanes
The French translation of the second novel of the German writer.
Peter Kurzeck - Un hiver de neige
2018
French edition
Diaphanes
The first volume of Peter Kurzeck's great autobiographical and poetic chronicle in 12 volumes: the opening of a colossal literary project which portrays the city of Frankfurt and Germany in the early 1980s. A must read, often compared to Proust, Joyce, and Döblin.
Alexander Kluge - Le raid aérien sur Halberstadt le 8 avril 1945
2016
French edition
Diaphanes
Filmmaker and writer Alexander Kluge combines fiction and reality to deliver one of the most striking testimonies that have been written about the bombing of German cities by the Allies.
Reiner Schürmann - Origins
2016
English edition
Diaphanes
currently out of stock
The semi-autobiographical account of the life of a young German in the 1960s, between Germany, Israel, and The United States. First translation of philosopher Reiner Schürmann's only literary work, originally published in French in 1976.
Peter Kurzeck - Un été sans fin
2013
French edition
Diaphanes
Alternately compared to Joyce, Proust, and Döblin, German writer Peter Kurzeck is nonetheless underestimated. Dedicated to Kurzeck's childhood, this autobiographical publication restores the seductive magic of Frankfurt in the late 1950s, through a reflection on the poetic force of memory. The original narrative was released in 2007 as a German audio-book.
George Tabori - Autodafé - Mémoires
2013
French edition
Diaphanes
Autobiography of Hungarian stage director and playwright George Tabori: a collection of memories oscillating between pathos and drama, delivering a lucid picture of the rise of Nazism.
Gerhard Richter - Décembre
2012
French edition
Diaphanes
Painter Gerhard Richter and filmmaker and writer Alexander Kluge composed a collection of 39 stories in connection with the history of the 20th century and the month of December, illustrated with 39 photographs.
Joseph Mitchell - Le Merveilleux saloon de McSorley - Récits New-yorkais
2016
French edition
Diaphanes
sold out
Collection of portraits published between 1938 and 1955 in the New Yorker by one of the pioneer of New Journalism: a literary painting of a New York that no longer exists.
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