Walter Kreye Livres

'Out of the secret world I once knew, I have tried to make a theatre for the larger worlds we inhabit. First comes the imagining, then the search for reality. Then back to the imagining, and to the desk where I'm sitting now.' The Pigeon Tunnel, John le Carré's memoir and his first work of nonfiction, is a thrilling journey into the worlds of his 'secret sharers' - the men and women who inspired some of his most enthralling novels - and a testament to the author's extraordinary engagement with the last half century. The listener is swept along not just by the chilling winds of the Cold War or by the author's frightening journeys into places of terrible violence but, most importantly, by the author's inimitable voice. In this astonishing work, we see our world, both public and private, through the eyes of one of this country's greatest writers.

"Découvrant par hasard un livre d'Amadeu de Prado, poète portugais, Raimund Gregorius voit sa vie basculer. Bouleversé par ce texte qui semble écrit pour lui, Gregorius prend le premier train pour Lisbonne, bien décidé à plonger dans les méandres du passé de Prado. Il reconstitue l'itinéraire intellectuel et l'engagement politique de cet homme d'exception dont chacun des actes apparaît comme une leçon de vie. Avec ce roman qui sonde les territoires de l'âme et de la conscience de soi, Pascal Mercier délivre une vision philosophique peu académique du sens de la vie." [Source : 4e de couv.]

From the internationally bestselling author of 'Night Train to Lisbon' comes a compelling novel about one man's attempt to extricate himself from his featureless existence and find a life of passion and danger.

Alfonso the strongman walks away from his dull life at the fairground and finds the challenge he needs in a town oppressed by a rude dragon.