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Libba Bray

    11 mars 1964

    Cette auteure explore les bizarreries humaines et les détails uniques de la vie, évitant les faits biographiques arides au profit des aspects plus riches et plus étranges de l'existence. Son écriture est imprégnée d'un humour pince-sans-rire et d'un style d'observation aiguisé, permettant aux lecteurs d'apercevoir le monde à travers sa perspective distinctive. Elle utilise des anecdotes inattendues et des expériences personnelles pour créer un portrait saisissant et captivant de sa vie intérieure et de ses processus de pensée. Son approche révèle une fascination pour des mots tels que « rédemption » et une aversion pour « peut-être », suggérant des thèmes plus profonds d'espoir et de certitude dans son œuvre.

    Libba Bray
    The King of Crows
    Rebel Angels
    The Diviners
    The Sweet Far Thing
    Lair of Dreams. The Diviners - Die dunklen Schatten der Träume, englische Ausgabe
    Before the Devil Breaks You
    • Before the Devil Breaks You

      • 560pages
      • 20 heures de lecture
      4,3(359)Évaluer

      The Diviners are back in this thrilling and eerie third installment by number one New York Times bestselling author Libba Bray.

      Before the Devil Breaks You
    • After a supernatural showdown with a serial killer, Evie O'Neill has outed herself as a Diviner. Now that the world knows of her ability to "read" objects, and therefore, read the past, she has become a media darling, earning the title, "America's Sweetheart Seer." But not everyone is so accepting of the Diviners' abilities...Meanwhile, mysterious deaths have been turning up in the city, victims of an unknown sleeping sickness. Can the Diviners descend into the dreamworld and catch a killer?

      Lair of Dreams. The Diviners - Die dunklen Schatten der Träume, englische Ausgabe
    • The Sweet Far Thing

      • 848pages
      • 30 heures de lecture
      4,0(1252)Évaluer

      The gripping conclusion of the Gemma Doyle trilogy delivers an exhilarating and haunting finale that ties together the intricate plotlines and character arcs developed throughout the series. Renowned for its rich storytelling, the author, known for The Diviners series and Going Bovine, weaves a tale that captivates readers with its blend of fantasy and historical elements, ensuring a memorable and impactful conclusion to Gemma's journey.

      The Sweet Far Thing
    • The Diviners

      • 592pages
      • 21 heures de lecture
      4,0(1961)Évaluer

      Evie O'Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City-and she is pos-i-tute-ly ecstatic. It's 1926, and New York is filled with speakeasies, Ziegfeld girls and rakish pickpockets. The only catch is that she has to live with her uncle Will and his unhealthy obsession with the occult. Evie worries he'll discover her darkest secret: a supernatural power that has only brought her trouble so far. But when the police find a murdered girl branded with a cryptic symbol and Will is called to the scene, Evie realizes her gift could help catch a serial killer. As Evie jumps headlong into a dance with a murderer, other stories unfold in the city that never sleeps. A young man named Memphis is caught between two worlds. A chorus girl named Theta is running from her past. A student named Jericho hides a shocking secret. And unknown to all, something dark and evil has awakened...

      The Diviners
    • Ah, Christmas! Gemma Doyle is looking forward to a holiday from Spence Academy, spending time with her friends in the city, attending ritzy balls, and on a somber note, tending to her ailing father. As she prepares to ring in the New Year, 1896, a handsome young man, Lord Denby, has set his sights on Gemma, or so it seems. Yet amidst the distractions of London, Gemma’s visions intensify–visions of three girls dressed in white, to whom something horrific has happened, something only the realms can explain...The lure is strong, and before long, Gemma, Felicity, and Ann are turning flowers into butterflies in the enchanted world of the realms that Gemma alone can bring them to. To the girls’ great joy, their beloved Pippa is there as well, eager to complete their circle of friendship.But all is not well in the realms–or out. The mysterious Kartik has reappeared, telling Gemma she must find the Temple and bind the magic, else great disaster will befall her. Gemma’s willing to do his intrusive bidding, despite the dangers it brings, for it means she will meet up with her mother’s greatest friend–and now her foe, Circe. Until Circe is destroyed, Gemma cannot live out her destiny. But finding Circe proves a most perilous task.

      Rebel Angels
    • The King of Crows

      • 384pages
      • 14 heures de lecture
      4,0(12024)Évaluer

      After the horrifying explosion that claimed one of their own, the Diviners find themselves wanted by the US government, and on the brink of war with the King of Crows

      The King of Crows
    • Going Bovine

      • 570pages
      • 20 heures de lecture
      3,7(537)Évaluer

      Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen-year-old diagnosed with mad cow disease, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital in an attempt to find a cure.

      Going Bovine
    • From bestselling, Printz Award-winning author Bray comes the story of a planeof beauty pageant contestants that crashes on a desert island.

      Beauty Queens
    • A Great and Terrible Beauty

      • 416pages
      • 15 heures de lecture
      3,6(900)Évaluer

      It's 1895, and after the death of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she's being followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence's most powerful girls - and their foray into the spiritual world - lead to?

      A Great and Terrible Beauty