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Robert James Waller

    1 août 1939 – 10 mars 2017

    Robert James Waller était un auteur américain dont les œuvres exploraient souvent les thèmes de l'amour, de la perte et de la solitude, rendues dans une prose lyrique et évocatrice. Ses récits se caractérisent par un profond sens du lieu et de l'atmosphère, fréquemment situés dans des décors ruraux pittoresques ou isolés. Le style de Waller est reconnu pour sa résonance émotionnelle et sa capacité à capturer de profonds sentiments humains, offrant aux lecteurs des expériences poignantes et inoubliables. Par sa diction soigneusement choisie et sa structure rythmique, il a créé des histoires qui résonnent avec les désirs et les expériences universels.

    Robert James Waller
    High plains tango
    Old Songs in a New Café
    Becoming Evil
    A Troubled Sleep
    Sur la route de Madison
    Domaine Etranger: Retour à Madison
    • Domaine Etranger: Retour à Madison

      • 256pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      On assignment shooting the covered bridges in Iowa, photographer Robert Kincaid falls in love with the Iowa house wife, Francesca Johnson, during four days of love, magic, and beauty. This is the story of Robert Kincaid, a wandering magazine photographer and free spirit searching for the covered bridges of Madison County, and Francesca Johnson, an farm wife born in Italy waiting for fulfillment of a girlhood dream. It shows readers what it is to love and be loved so intensely that life is never the same again. When Robert Kincaid drives through the heat and dust of an Iowa summer and turns into Francesca Johnson's farm lane looking for directions, the world-class photographer and the Iowa farm wife are joined in an experience of uncommon truth and stunning beauty that will haunt them forever. Their encounter, fraught with dangers, survives only in their psyches. Both know that what could have been, should have been, could not be. Yet, hearts persist, tickling both characters' minds. Both remember a few stolen moments when two souls sang in perfect harmony, but through circumstance must not sing again. The romantic classic of the 1990's.

      Domaine Etranger: Retour à Madison
      3,9
    • Sur la route de Madison

      • 246pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      On assignment shooting the covered bridges in Iowa, photographer Robert Kincaid falls in love with the Iowa house wife, Francesca Johnson, during four days of love, magic, and beauty. This is the story of Robert Kincaid, a wandering magazine photographer and free spirit searching for the covered bridges of Madison County, and Francesca Johnson, an farm wife born in Italy waiting for fulfillment of a girlhood dream. It shows readers what it is to love and be loved so intensely that life is never the same again. When Robert Kincaid drives through the heat and dust of an Iowa summer and turns into Francesca Johnson's farm lane looking for directions, the world-class photographer and the Iowa farm wife are joined in an experience of uncommon truth and stunning beauty that will haunt them forever. Their encounter, fraught with dangers, survives only in their psyches. Both know that what could have been, should have been, could not be. Yet, hearts persist, tickling both characters' minds. Both remember a few stolen moments when two souls sang in perfect harmony, but through circumstance must not sing again. The romantic classic of the 1990's.

      Sur la route de Madison
      3,7
    • Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, comparative research, and over 110 hours of face-to-face interviews with a diverse range of political, academic, civil society, and community actors across Northern Ireland, Waller revisits one of the world's most deeply divided societies to analyze Northern Ireland's current vulnerabilities, and points of resilience, as an allegedly "post-conflict" society

      A Troubled Sleep
      4,9
    • Becoming Evil

      • 384pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      Uncovers the internal and external factors that can lead ordinary people to commit extraordinary acts of evil. This book offers a comprehensive psychological view of how anyone can potentially participate in heinous crimes against humanity.

      Becoming Evil
      4,1
    • From Robert James Waller comes a wonderful collection of 19 essays--all of them as romantic, reflective, and timeless as readers have come to expect from the author of The Bridges of Madison County--a celebration of life and loss, of what things still can be.

      Old Songs in a New Café
      3,8
    • A young drifter with a passion for solitude and carpentry, Carlisle McMillan purchases some land near Wolf Butte, South Dakota, a region considered sacred by the Sioux, and sets out to build a life for himself among the locals

      High plains tango
      3,7
    • The Long Night of Winchell Dear

      • 160pages
      • 6 heures de lecture

      Set against the backdrop of a high desert night, an old-time gambler awaits an ominous fate in his remote ranch house. Winchell Dear, reflecting on his past with Lucinda Miller, prepares for an uncertain confrontation, armed and restless. The atmosphere is thick with tension as he listens to the sounds of the night, while outside, the unpredictable Luther stalks through the landscape. Themes of chance, memory, and impending danger intertwine in this evocative tale of solitude and anticipation.

      The Long Night of Winchell Dear
      3,5
    • The Bridges of Madison County: A Thousand Country Roads

      An Epilogue to the Bridges of Madison County - A Novel

      • 208pages
      • 8 heures de lecture

      AT LAST, THE REST OF THE STORY After many years and twelve million copies, Robert James Waller's The Bridges of Madison County remains one of the great love stories of all time. The tale of Robert Kincaid, photographer and free spirit, and Francesca Johnson, a convential farmer's wife, gave voice to the longings of men and women everywhere--to know what it is to be loved so intensely that life is never the same again. A THOUSAND COUNTRY ROADS At last, in this poignant new book, Robert James Waller tells the remainder of Robert and Francesca's story. Kincaid, left with only memories, will once again take to the road on a journey of discovery. On the expedition he calls Last Time, Kincaid heads back to Roseman Bridge in Madison County, Iowa, then on to an encounter with the distant past, and a surprise no one could have imagined...

      The Bridges of Madison County: A Thousand Country Roads
      3,5
    • The author of the blockbuster The Bridges of Madison County blends passion and adventure in the story of an American novelist in Mexico and his young lover, who take a trip with a killer.

      Puerto Vallarta Squeeze
      3,4
    • Border Music

      • 290pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      Texas Jack Carmine is a free soul, a rider of roads, and a man with secrets that stretch back to Vietnam and hungers that keep him from settling down. Linda Lobo is ready to ride with him, but they're not just headed back to his Texas ranch. They're headed for a passion that only happens once--and breaks your heart when it ends.

      Border Music
      3,4
    • Jellie Braden and Michael Tillman discover the bittersweet side of love and the boundaries of passion.

      Slow waltz in Cedar Bend.
      3,1
    • La lunga notte

      • 179pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      È sera e Winchell Bear, giocatore di poker professionista, si trova nel suo ranch conquistato anni addietro con una partita a carte. Nello stesso istante, poco lontano, l'indiano comanche Peter Long Grass avvista un uomo che furtivamente si dirige verso il ranch dell'amico e decide di seguirlo per capirne le intenzioni. Il suo pensiero va immediatamente all'amata Sonia, la governante di Winchell divenuta sua segreta amante, che vive in un cottage nella proprietà del ranch e nell'oscurità della notte fa da tramite per un traffico di contrabbando con il Messico, nella speranza di guadagnare i soldi necessari per rivedere il figlio abbandonato alla nascita. È proprio l'amore che nuitre nei suoi confronti a dare a Peter la forza necessaria a proteggerla da quello che di lì a poco accadrà.

      La lunga notte
      2,0
    • Der letzte Blues des Sommers.

      • 319pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      Katkeran suloinen rakkauttarina ihmisistä, jotka ovat jo nähneet paljon, tehneet paljon, kokeneet paljon ja odottavat silti huomista. Rajamusiikkia on kuvaus kiihkeistä tunteista, vahvasta vaellushalusta, elämänkivusta, kipeästä salaisuudesta ja paosta tulevaan. Kantrihenkinen tarina kertoo "viimeisestä vapaasta sielusta" Jackista ja kauniista tanssijattaresta; pitkistä tunneista pohjoisen Minnesotan yksinäisillä valtateillä, kuumista päivistä autiolla karjatilalla, villeistä öistä täynnä rakkautta sekä hetkistä, jolloin rakkaus myös koskee. Kirjan keskeinen henkilö Texas Jack Carmine on Robert James Wallerin kiehtovin ja monipuolisin sankari, Vietnamin veteraani, jonka elämänasenne vapauttaa muut ylittämään rajansa, mutta joka itse jää vaellushalunsa ja sydämensä kahlitsemaksi.

      Der letzte Blues des Sommers.
    • Die Weite des Mittleren Westens, ein windiges Nest weit ab von der Welt, ein junger Kalifornier auf der Suche nach dem Glück, eine junge Frau, die mitten in der Prärie Tango tanzt, und die alten Legenden der Indianer - aus diesen Zutaten hat Robert James Waller, der Autor von „Die Brücken am Fluss“, eines neues Meisterwerk gemixt: einen schaurig schönen melancholischen Roman über die vergebliche Sehnsucht nach dem Paradies.

      Ein Haus in der Prärie
    • Vlucht uit Puerto Vallarta

      • 310pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      Een Amerikaanse schrijver en zijn knappe Mexicaanse vriendin moeten een sluipschutter per auto over de Mexicaanse grens brengen.

      Vlucht uit Puerto Vallarta
    • Álomdalok

      • 222pages
      • 8 heures de lecture
      Álomdalok