Georges: 1999 books

Dedalus should be treasured: a small independent publisher that regularly produces works of European genius at which the behemoths wouldn't sniff. If the corporations did care to look at this new work, they would find, on the surface, a precursor to W G Sebald, a Symbolist vision of the city that lays...

Céline Dion is quite possibly Canada’s most famous singer and an icon in her own home province of Quebec. Possessed of an incandescent voice and a vibrant personality, she has moved huge audiences all over the world. These two books tell her story. Céline is the story of her journey from being...

Ornans, Courbet’s birthplace, is near the beautiful valley of the Doubs River, and it was here as a boy, and later as a man, that he absorbed the love of landscape. He was by nature a revolutionary, a man born to oppose existing order and to assert his independence; he had that quality of bluster...

Madonna has long been accepted as a pop culture icon, but this text postulates a greater cultural importance by analyzing her as a postmodern myth. This work examines how Madonna methodically discovered and constructed herself (often rewriting her past), the nature and extent of her ambition and the...

**“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.” —The Guardian When he is tasked with solving a seemingly motiveless murder, Inspector...

Dès le boulevard il obsède. Campé sur son éminence, s’imposant aux yeux par les perspectives de quelques rues transversales, il entend qu’on ne l’oublie point. Par-dessus les toits, il crie sa prétention à être vu. Le soir, il se constelle de points de feu qui semblent, sur l’écrin...

« ... L’embryogénie moderne date en réalité de l’époque dont nous parlons, où l’Allemagne fut loin d’avoir la plus belle part. La double tendance des travaux accomplis pendant cette période fut à la fois de reculer de plus en plus l’heure des premières manifestations par lesquelles...

Extrait : "Au centre de la majestueuse forêt qui domine Plainfaing, au Nord-Est, se dresse le colossal rocher de Hangochet. La forêt est une sapinière pure, aux arbres géants, d'un feuillage velouté comme une tapisserie d'Orient."À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN : Les éditions LIGARAN proposent...

Claude Monet (Paris, 1840 – Giverny, 1926) Pour Claude Monet, le qualificatif d'impressionniste est toujours resté un sujet de fierté. Malgré tout ce que les critiques ont pu écrire sur son oeuvre, Monet n'a cessé d'être véritablement impressionniste jusqu'à la fin de sa très longue vie....

Glenn Gould (19321982) was a giant of twentieth-century classical music but one whose eccentricities have sometimes obscured the moral seriousness of his approach to art. Countering this common misperception Partita for Glenn Gould is an eloquent tribute to the artist that illuminates his versatile genius his thinking and our reasons for loving his art.

**“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.” —The Guardian At a lavish dinner party, Inspector Maigret recounts the tale of an...

**“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.” —The Guardian When the head of a powerful Parisian family business is murdered in...

**“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.” —The Guardian When a wealthy aristocrat is found murdered in his home, Inspector Maigret...

The work as a whole may seem wildly surreal and devilish, much like the works of Catalonian native Salvador Dali, whose work was also touched by the Spanish Civil War under General Franco. Read in that vein, the work perhaps retains some historical importance; afterall, Spain was only a prelude to...