Leïla Slimani
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English
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"When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect nanny for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite, devoted woman who sings to the children, cleans the family's chic apartment in Paris's upscale tenth arrondissement, stays late without complaint, and hosts enviable kiddie parties. But as the couple and the nanny become more...
2) Adèle
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Penguin Books
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[2019]
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English
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Adèle appears to have the perfect life: She is a successful journalist in Paris who lives in a beautiful apartment with her surgeon husband and their young son. But underneath the surface, she is bored--and consumed by an insatiable need for sex. Driven less by pleasure than compulsion, Adèle organizes her day around her extramarital affairs, arriving late to work and lying to her husband about where she's been, until she becomes ensnared in a trap...
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Series
In the country of others volume 1
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"In her first new novel since The Perfect Nanny launched her onto the world stage and won her acclaim for her "devastatingly perceptive character studies" (The New York Times Book Review), Leila Slimani draws on her own family's inspiring story for the first volume in a planned trilogy about race, resilience, and women's empowerment. Mathilde, a spirited young Frenchwoman, falls in love with Amine, a handsome Moroccan soldier in the French army during...
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«Si quieres escribir una novela, la primera norma es saber decir no, rechazar las invitaciones.» ¿Por qué aceptar entonces la propuesta de pasar una noche en el museo Punta della Dogana?
A través del arte sutil de la digresión en la noche veneciana, Leila Slimani se adentra en el proceso creativo de su escritura, aborda los problemas de identidad y del pasado colonial, de moverse entre dos mundos, Oriente y Occidente, donde ella navega y se...
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Myriam, madre de dos niños, decide reemprender su actividad laboral en un bufete de abogados a pesar de las reticencias de su marido. Tras un minucioso proceso de selección para encontrar una niñera, se deciden por Louise, que rápidamente conquista el corazón de los niños y se convierte en una figura imprescindible en el hogar. Pero poco a poco la trampa de la interdependencia va a convertirse en un drama.
Con un estilo directo, incisivo y tenebroso...
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En 1944, Mathilde, una joven alsaciana, se enamora de Amín Belhach, combatiente marroquí en el ejército francés durante la II Guerra Mundial. Tras la Liberación, el matrimonio viaja a Marruecos y se establece en Meknés, ciudad en la zona del Protectorado de Francia con una importante presencia de militares y colonos. Mientras él intenta acondicionar la finca heredada de su padre, unas tierras ingratas y pedregosas, ella se sentirá muy pronto...
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Adèle parece tener una vida perfecta. Trabaja como periodista, vive en un bonito apartamento en Montmartre con su marido Richard, médico especialista, y con su hijo de tres años, Lucien. Sin embargo, bajo esta apariencia de cotidianidad, Adèle esconde un inmenso secreto, la necesidad insaciable de coleccionar conquistas. «En el jardín del ogro» es la historia de un cuerpo esclavo de sus pulsiones, una novela feroz y visceral sobre la adicción...
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English
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*Soon to be an HBO series starring Nicole Kidman and Maya Erskine*
She has the keys to their apartment. She knows everything. She has embedded herself so deeply in their lives that it now seems impossible to remove her.
One of the 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR of The New York Times Book Review, by the author of Adèle, Sex and Lies, In the Country of Others, and Watch...
She has the keys to their apartment. She knows everything. She has embedded herself so deeply in their lives that it now seems impossible to remove her.
One of the 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR of The New York Times Book Review, by the author of Adèle, Sex and Lies, In the Country of Others, and Watch...