Laurence Sterne Livres

Contaminées par une mystérieuse épidémie, les récoltes de l'ancienne république socialiste du Kirghizstan n'ont jamais été si mauvaises. Le spectre de la famine fait son apparition et aurait déjà traversé les mers, menaçant de s'étendre à l'Amérique du Sud... Dans l'ombre, le Comité veille. Association secrète d'hommes d'exception et de chercheurs de génie, elle a choisi le meilleur d'entre eux, Seth Colton, pour mener l'enquête. Des plaines d'Europe centrale aux buildings de New York, Seth va remonter la piste d'une étrange bactérie : destinée à plonger l'humanité dans le chaos pour servir les intérêts d'une puissance occulte, elle est pièce maîtresse d'un conflit où la faim serait le nerf de la guerre... Dans ce premier épisode de la série Seth Colton, Eric Laurent explore un nouveau genre, le thriller technologique mêlé au roman d'espionnage.

'Nothing odd will do long', said Dr Johnson; 'Tristram Shandy did not last.' But Tristram Shandy has lasted, to be cherished in the century of Joyce and Pirandello perhaps even more than in the eighteenth. No one description will fit this strange, eccentric, endlessly complex masterpiece. It is a novel about writing a novel in which the invented world is as much infused with wit and genius as the theme of inventing it. It is a joyful celebration of the infinite possibilities of the art of fiction, and a wry demonstration of its limitations. It is also, in Christopher Ricks's words, 'the greatest shaggy dog story in the language'.

Introduces us to a group of memorable characters, variously eccentric, farcical and endearing. This book involves the reader in the labyrinthine creation of a purported autobiography. It anticipates modernism and postmodernism.

'Nothing odd will do long', said Dr Johnson; 'Tristram Shandy did not last.' But Tristram Shandy has lasted, to be cherished in the century of Joyce and Pirandello perhaps even more than in the eighteenth. No one description will fit this strange, eccentric, endlessly complex masterpiece. It is a novel about writing a novel in which the invented world is as much infused with wit and genius as the theme of inventing it. It is a joyful celebration of the infinite possibilities of the art of fiction, and a wry demonstration of its limitations. It is also, in Christopher Ricks's words, 'the greatest shaggy dog story in the language'.

Laurence Sterne's most famous novel is a biting satire of literary conventions and contemporary 18th-century values. A cast of strange characters populate this strangest of novels: gentle Uncle Toby, sarcastic Walter and of course, the pompous, garrulous Tristram himself

The vicar, Dr Primrose, his six daughters and wife Deborah form an Arcadian picture of affectionate family life. However, their rural idyll is rudely disturbed by a swindler and the villainy of a vile seducer and further troubles come thick and fast.

A Sentimental Journey tells the story of Mr Yorick's travels through France and Italy and parodies contemporary travel works, most notably those by Smollett. This new edition includes a selection from The Sermons of Mr Yorick as well as The Journal to Eliza and A Political Romance, both works that shed light on the Journey.