One night in a Parisian nightclub and the aftermath of a marriage provide the stories for these two novels by Frederic Beigbeder, award-winning author of ‘Windows on the World’.In ‘Holiday in a Coma’, Marc Marronnier, a shallow, superficial, rich Parisian who works as an advertising executive, is invited by his old friend to the opening of a new nightclub called The Shitter (a satirical take on the famous Paris nightclub Les Bains Douche). Taking place over a single unforgettable night, the...
Already a huge hit in France, the new novel from Independent Foreign Fiction Award-winning author of ‘Windows on the World’.In his most autobiographical text to date, Beigbeder recounts his stay in a French police cell in January 2008, after he was arrested for snorting cocaine off a car bonnet outside a nightclub in the super-chic 8th arrondissement of Paris. As he lies in the cell, he revisits his childhood, from the carefree days when his grandfather taught him to skim pebbles at the beach in...
A daring, moving fictional account of the last moments of a father and his two sons atop the World Trade Centre on September 11.‘The only way to know what took place in the restaurant on the 107th Floor of the North Tower, World Trade Center on September 11th 2001 is to invent it.'Weaving together fact and fiction, empathy and dark humour, autobiography and intellect, ‘Windows on the World’ dares to confront the terrifying image that has come to define our world, the image onto which we project...
Teatud ajastul saabub teatud maades hetk, kui inimesed ootavad justkui mingit olulist ja traagilist sündmust, mis võimaldaks lahendada kõik nende probleemid. Tavaliselt nimetatakse sellist perioodi sõjaeelseks. Armumiseks ei tasu seda aega valida. 1940. aastal kohtub 21-aastane algaja kirjanik Jerry Salinger New Yorgis 15-aastase Oona O’Neilliga, kes on Ameerika kuulsaima draamakirjaniku tütar. Nende idüll algab tegelikult alles järgmisel suvel mõni kuu enne Pearl Harborit. 1942. aasta alguses...
