With over 160 delicious recipes, most of themvegetarian, combined with piquant storytelling and feminist wit, FrenchCooking for One is a working cook's book with French flair, bursting withlife and illustrated with the author's original ink drawings, full of charm andhumour.
The Countess of Castiglione was considered the most beautiful woman in the world in the late-19th century, and she became the most photographed woman of her time. A fascination with her life... Læs mere
In this new novel by the acclaimed author of Blue Self-Portrait, a poet-narrator existing on a diet of cannabis, bananas and books on oppression under the Third Reich muddles through a... Læs mere
Over the course of a night in police custody, a young woman tries to understand the rage that led her to assault a refugee on the Paris metro. She too is a foreigner, now earning a living as an interpreter for asylum seekers in the outskirts of the city.
A contemporary novel of angst and high farce, "Blue Self-Portrait" unfolds among Berlin's cultural institutions but is more truly located in the mid-air flux between contrary impulses... Læs mere
The demented romance between an elderly white woman and a British-Jamaican boy, comes to horrific climax as white supremacy and class conflict collide on the streets of London.
'Louise Bourgeois talks, talks to herself, reviewing the scraps of her long life in all their disorder. This is the portrait, from memory, of a woman who devoted her life to her art, a life that was also the life of the century' writes J. Fremon.
Hemingway famously said that 'the best early training for a writer is an unhappy childhood'. Julia Kerninon, one of France's most acclaimed new literary voices, tells an... Læs mere
Groundbreaking when it was released in 1970, Barbara Loden’s cult film Wanda still exerts a fascination for artists from Isabelle Huppert to Rachel Kushner. For acclaimed French... Læs mere
This absorbing work uncovers the story of the real dancer behind Degas's now-iconic sculpture. Drawing on a wealth of historical material as well as her own love of ballet, Camille Laurens presents a compelling portrait of Marie van Goethem and the world she inhabited.
Taking her cue from self-portraits by women artists, Weil gives a playful twist to the concept of self-representation. Ranging from the 13th c. through the Renaissance to Frida Kahlo and Vivian... Læs mere
Inspired by the Italian performance artist Pippa Bacca, who tragically died while hitchhiking across Europe in a white wedding dress, to promote world peace under the motto 'marriage... Læs mere