Les chroniques de Esta

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George Orwell

(6)

‘‘Dès la couverture, Pierre Christin ne peut s’empêcher de montrer son admiration pour Eric Blair, au nom de plume de George Orwell. L’homme a tout fait, a tout vécu, a presque tout écrit, a tellement de facettes que cela en donne le tournis. « Étonien, flic, prolo, dandy, milicien,...‘‘ Lire la suite

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T 2 Léna

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‘‘Léna pensait en avoir fini avec les services secrets. Elle a rencontré Rob et Danny, qui, s’ils ne seront jamais son mari et son fils disparus dans un attentat à Khartoum, font bel et bien partie de sa vie. Mais l’hydre du terrorisme international ne meurt jamais, les anciennes causes...‘‘ Lire la suite

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T 2 Lena

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‘‘Lena thought she was done with spies. She has met Rob and Danny who are truly part of her life, acknowledging they will never be her husband and son killed in a bombing in Khartoum. But the hydra of international terrorism never dies, old causes are recycled to serve new masters, and...‘‘ Lire la suite

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T 4 Undertaker

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‘‘« If you kill me, she dies. And with her, all your little comrades who’ll no longer benefit from my talents. Admit it would be too bad. Besides, without me, at best you lose your leg. At worst..”. Such was the deal the Ogre Quint forced upon the Lieutenant Strikland at the end of the...‘‘ Lire la suite

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T 5 Undertaker

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‘‘A scandal difficult to hide. A dead son, who had been kidnapped by Apaches 10 years earlier and mentally broken to become the White Indian. An extremely rich, “visionary” – to understand in the Far West sense - and not so young mother’s broken heart, threatening to set her second marriage...‘‘ Lire la suite

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révolution en Égypte et Droits des femmes

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‘‘Révolution en Égypte et droits des femmes. Les conclusions de l’album de Bast et Ferenc réalisé avec Amnesty International sont sombres : « 5 ans après la révolution, le constat est amer. Aucune femme n’est à l’abri ».. La révolution de 2011 avait porté la victoire de l’islamiste Mohamed...‘‘ Lire la suite

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Perihan The Girl without a Mouth

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‘‘“Don’t believe a word I say, because I tell the truth”. Turkish comics are not so frequent, and the strange appeal of this particular one makes it absolutely unique. Perihan was born without a mouth, until such time as, after an operation, her voice finally comes out as the sound of...‘‘ Lire la suite

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T 1 Renaissance

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‘‘2084, The Earth’s global mass extinction: the Tricontinental Council, in a very far away galaxy - peaceful, beautiful and unknown of humans - holds a very heated debate on the value of intervening in a world outside their system, to save several forms of intelligence that can no longer...‘‘ Lire la suite

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T 2 Renaissance

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‘‘Humans: a toxic mixture of pride and vanity.. But I loved studying the evolution of their concept of free will”. Earthlings are now aware that they’re not alone. In Texas, Swänn ensures of Liz’s collaboration, even wavering, to finally extinguish the oil field fires, and Sätie is on the...‘‘ Lire la suite

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T 1 Lena

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‘‘“She is of the world, where the most beautiful things have the worst fate.”, François de Malherbe. Any peace is precarious, and Lena knows it too well, as she embarks on a journey like no other, at the cross-road between silent grief, politically motivated vengeance, reminiscence of a...‘‘ Lire la suite

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T 3 Undertaker

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‘‘"If you feel like treating me to some screams. Well, there’s no shame in that. I don’t see why we can’t mix business and pleasure. So please, don’t hold back. Scream for me”, says Jeronimus Quint. The Ogre of Camp Sutter is alive, practicing medicine with great talent, “creative” and...‘‘ Lire la suite

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Frank The Story of a Forgotten Dictatorship

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‘‘“Frank, a boy with a tantrum”, says Ximo Abadía in an interview to RTVE, the Spanish equivalent of the BBC. "I'm not trying to dedicate a book to Franco, I'm trying to make a satire of the character. I was mainly interested in making a juvenile book for children". Frank is a tyrant, but...‘‘ Lire la suite