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Susanna Lea Associates
PARIS - NEW YORK - LONDON
Frankfurt 2018
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PARIS
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FICTION NON-FICTION
Marc Levy A Woman like Her 6 Stefania Rousselle Amour 26
Sophie Divry The End of the World 8 Zarifa Adiba Playing for Freedom 28
Raphael Montes A Woman in the Dark 10 Ayaan Hirsi Ali Honor 30
Owen Matthews Black Sun 12 Marie Robert When You Kant Figure it Out 32
Louisa Hall Trinity 14 Stephen P. Williams Blockchain: The Next Everything 33
Violaine Huisman Fugitive 16 Les Parisiennes Older but Better, but Older 34
Gérard Salem You Become an Adult 18 François Busnel et al America 36
Rachel Halliburton The Optickal Illusion 20 Michèle Fitoussi Janet 37
Baptiste Touverey Constantinople 21 Fabrice Midal The Importance of Being Narcissistic 38
Andrea Carter Mulder at Greysbridge 22 Léonard Anthony & Adrian Chaboche Fatigue 40
Danielle Thiéry Ferocious 23 Dr. Gabriel Perlemuter The Hidden Powers of the Liver 41
Alexandre Mars Giving 42
Margareta Magnusson Swedish Death Cleaning 43
Victoire de Taillac & Ramdane Touhani An Atlas of Natural Beauty 44
TMA NON-FICTION
Owen Matthews An Impeccable Spy 47
Ian Leslie Breakdown 48
Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes The Age of Imitation 49
David Goodhart Head, Hand, Heart 50
Jonathan Rowson The Moves That Matter 51
Sir Nigel Shadbolt The Rise of the Digital Ape 52
Nick Fry Survive. Drive. Win. 53
Geoffrey Wheatcroft Churchill's Bust 54
Armand D'Angour Socrates in Love 55
Andrei Kozyrev How Russian Democracy Failed 56
James Crabtree The Billionaire Raj 57
Marc Levy PRAISE FOR A WOMAN LIKE HER: PREVIOUS
PUBLISHERS:
A WOMAN LIKE
"Marc Levy is a virtuoso of the Albania | Fan Noli
imagination... This is his most beautiful Arabic | Dar Altanweer
romantic comedy. It's enchanting." Azerbaijan | Qanun
HER — LE PARISIEN
Bosnia | Bosanska Rijec
Bulgaria | Colibri
Brazil | Planeta
“An irresistible, sparkling comedy. ” — PARIS MATCH China | China South Booky
Fiction / 373 pages Croatia | Stilus Knija
Czech Republic | Mlada Fronta
Material: copies in French, manuscript in English “A novel that is at once powerful and fragile. The Estonia | Ersen
Publication: May 2018 perfect romantic comedy à la Blake Edwards.” — ELLE France | Laffont|Versilio
Germany | Blanvalet
Marc Levy Fanpage - @marc_levy
Greece | Mati
“A joyful, original novel with such endearing characters. Holland | Luitingh-Sijthoff
Can a woman like her... An ode to diversity.” — EUROPE 1
Hungary | Tericum
fall for a guy like him? Indonesia | Bentang
Israel | Yedioth
“Diversity is one of the central themes of this novel, as Italy | Rizzoli
During a business trip to New York, Sanji is talked into helping out his elderly Latvia | Kontinent
are friendship, shared responsibility, the little human
uncle. He agrees to become an elevator operator in one of the city’s last Marathi | Mehta
moments that awaken people to their own lives−and Montenegro | Nova Knjiga
mechanical elevators. The goal: to help his uncle fulfill a lifetime ambition to
love.” — LE MAURICIEN Norway | Panta Forlag
set the record for most miles traveled vertically. Poland | Sonia Draga
Portugal | Bertrand
None of the inhabitants of this opulent Fifth Avenue building suspect that this “The beautiful tale of two people who were never Romania | Trei
Russia | Azbooka-Atticus
charming young man in uniform and white gloves is in fact a very successful meant to meet... Unputdownable... very well done.”
Serbia | Laguna
businessman back in Mumbai. — COSMOPOLITAN Spain | HarperCollins
Thailand | Amarin
Turkey | Can Yayinlari
Least of all Chloe, who lives in the penthouse. Chloe is an aspiring actress
Ukraine | Machaon
− even though she’s been confined to a wheelchair since that terrible day, US & UK | Amazon Crossing
April 15, 2013. Vietnam | Nha Nam
Chloe has no idea that Sanji, the new elevator operator on nightshift duty, is
MARC LEVY is the author of 19 novels, published in 49
about to turn her world upside down, and that life at 12 Fifth Avenue will never
languages. With over 40 million copies sold, he is the most
be the same.
read French author alive today. After winning the hearts of
A Woman like Her is an irresistible comedy that celebrates our differences European readers, his success has expanded to countries
and everything that brings us together − and where no one is truly who they around the globe. In the past year, over 1.5 million copies
appear to be. of his books were sold in China alone.
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Sophie Divry PRAISE FOR THE END OF THE WORLD THREE TIMES OVER:
THE END OF THE
WORLD THREE “Extremely powerful.”
TIMES OVER
— OUEST FRANCE
“Spanning across registers and points of view, by turns precise and raw,
Sophie Divry's writing unspools bit by bit, mapping out the contours of this
Literary Fiction / 240 pages
post-apocalyptic world.” — LIRE
Material: copies in French
Publication: September 2018
“Sophie Divry is an ambitious and generous pioneer, and this novel takes us
on an important journey.” — L'EXPRESS
A radiant dystopia... Without a doubt her most
poetic and stylistically layered novel yet.
—LE MONDE “In this novel, both bleak and radiant, Sophie Divry magnificently examines our
relationship with others and with nature... Divry crafts rich, poetic pages on our
After a robbery with his brother goes wrong, Joseph Kamal is thrown into
link with nature, offering moments of grace and brief, striking epiphanies.”
prison. As guards and inmates violently clash around him, the young man tries
— LE COURRIER
to adapt to his new surroundings, wishing for this nightmare to end…
A massive cataclysm changes everything, allowing him to escape the hellish
situation as he flees towards a life of Robinson Crusoe-like solitude on a farm “Is communion with nature enough for happiness, or do we need the
in the prohibited zone. But, even when the alternative is dire, can a man really presence of another? This raw and sensual Robinsonade gives the answer.”
— LE NOUVEL OBS
be an island unto himself?
Driven by unwavering tension and remarkable lyricism, this groundbreaking
SOPHIE DIVRY is the author of five
novel peels back the psychological layers of devastating loss and self-renewal.
novels. Her books have been translated
into English, Spanish, Swedish, Italian
Longlisted for the Prix Wepler and the FNAC Prize and German and are being adapted to
film and TV. La Condition Pavillionnaire
won the Prix Wepler’s Special Mention.
PUBLISHER: France (Notabilia).
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Raphael Montes PRAISE FOR RAPHAEL MONTES: PREVIOUS
PUBLISHERS:
A WOMAN IN "Montes is as daring a novelist as Stephen
Brazil | Companhia das Letras
Czech Republic | Albatros
THE DARK
Denmark | Gyldendal
King, Chuck Palahniuk, Agatha Christie and France | Editions du Masque
Patricia Highsmith." — CHICAGO TRIBUNE French Canada | Hurtubise
Germany | Blanvalet
Holland | Cargo/De Bezige Bij
Thriller / 280 pages “Within [Perfect Days], the themes of control vs. Italy | Einaudi
Norway | Cappelen Dam
Material: manuscript in Portuguese, partial in English free will, of love vs. hate, are tossed together Poland | Filia
Publication: Spring 2019 in the pressure cooker of 250 plus pages. The Portugal | Objectiva
Spain | Penguin Random House
@raphael_montes story will stay with you long after you’ve put it
Taiwan | Fantasy
down.” — DEAD GOOD BOOKS Turkey | Dogan
US | Penguin Press
A stunning new psychological thriller from UK | Harvill Secker
the Brazilian bestselling author.
“Raphael is an author who masterfully controls tension
When Victoria's terrible past resurfaces, she knows during the narrative... [Perfect Days] has an electrifying
there are only three people she can trust. pace, full of shocking and macabre twists and turns.”
— THE GUARDIAN
The problem? One of them is a killer.
Victoria Bravo was four years old when a man broke into her home and stabbed
her family to death. The sole survivor, she is now a shy, solitary young woman
in Rio, with recurring nightmares and serious relationship issues.
But when the past comes knocking on her door, Victoria is forced to face her
own personal tragedy and embark on a voyage that throws open her own
darkest recesses, but also the possibility of a new beginning.
RAPHAEL MONTES was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1990.
A Woman in the Dark reinforces Raphael Montes's status
A lawyer and a writer, his novels include Roulette, Perfect
as one of the world's most original young suspense writers.
Days, The Village and Secret Dinner. His four novels are
currently being adapted for film by RT Features (Call Me
PUBLISHER: Brazil (Companhia das Letras).
By Your Name). Raphael regularly writes screenplays for
film and television.
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Owen Matthews
BLACK SUN The next two titles in the series, acquired
by Doubleday in a three-book deal:
Book 2: RED TREASON
Vasin’s second assignment takes him into the heart of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Mystery / 416 pages There are whispers of a spy at the highest levels of Soviet intelligence. If Vasin
Material: manuscript in English doesn’t catch the spy in time, the US will learn a deadly secret: the USSR
Publication: Summer 2019 doesn’t have enough missiles to withstand an American first strike.
But as Vasin gets closer to the truth, the question of treason becomes
The first in Owen Matthews’s new series, set in the Soviet more complicated. What if the spy is trying to save the USSR from certain
Union in the early 1960s, as the Cold War thaws. destruction? What if the real traitor is anyone who gets in his way?
It is the dawn of the 1960s. Alexander Vasin, a KGB Major in the department
Book 3: UNTITLED
of "Special Investigations", travels across the Soviet Union to Arzamas-16, a
city that does not appear on any map, to investigate the gruesome death of On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated. Vasin gets
a young physicist. a call from his superiors. They have one question: did we do this?
He finds a scientific community of eccentrics, patriots and dissidents who’ve
been ordered to build the most powerful atomic bomb ever made. It is a
project of such vital importance that unlike their fellow Soviet citizens, they
have the freedom to think and act, live and love as they wish.
Some of them, it seems, even believe they can get away with murder.
OWEN MATTHEWS is the author of the non-fiction
PRAISE FOR OWEN MATTHEWS:
book Stalin’s Children: Three Generations of Love and
“An epic account... Brilliantly written.” — THE GUARDIAN
War (Bloomsbury, 2008), which has been translated into
"A poignant and insightful reading experience.” — THE NEW YORK POST
twenty-seven languages.
“Few books say so much about Russia then and now, and its effect on those
it touches.” — THE ECONOMIST
PUBLISHERS: UK (Transworld), US/World English (Doubleday).
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Louisa Hall PRAISE FOR TRINITY:
TRINITY "With beautiful specificity and nuance, Hall interrogates
such major issues as ethics in scientific discovery and
breaching the chasm between public and private selves."
— VANITY FAIR, "This Fall's Best Fiction"
Literary Fiction / 300 pages
Material: copies in English
“Trinity is a dizzying, kaleidoscopic marvel of a book, and a beautiful reflection
Publication: October 2018 on the impossibility of creating a truly accurate narrative of any person’s
www.louisahall.net life.” — TEXAS OBSERVER
In the vein of Coetzee’s Summertime or W.G. Sebald’s “Hall excels at creating distinct characters whose voices illuminate their own
The Emigrants, Trinity revisits the life of scientist
lives and challenges, as well as the historical period that saw Oppenheimer’s
Robert Oppenheimer as narrated by seven fictional
characters who claim to have known him. fall from grace. Taken together, they only burnish the endlessly fascinating
enigma of the flawed genius who became known as the father of the atomic
J. Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant scientist, a champion of liberal causes,
bomb.” — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
and a complex and often contradictory character. He loyally protected his
Communist friends, only to later betray them under questioning. He repeatedly
lied about love affairs. And he defended the use of the atomic bomb he “[Hall] explores themes of guilt and betrayal as well as the fallout from lies and
helped create, before ultimately lobbying against nuclear proliferation. self-delusion−in the process bringing Oppenheimer, an often aloof, conflicted
man, to vivid life.… Lushly written, this is an ambitious, unsettling novel that
Through narratives that cross time and space, a set of characters bears witness
takes on big issues in a passionate, personal way.” — KIRKUS REVIEWS
to his life, from a secret service agent who tailed him in San Francisco, to
a colleague’s young lover in Los Alamos, to a woman fleeing McCarthyism.
All consider his complicated legacy while also uncovering deep and often
LOUISA HALL grew up in Philadelphia. After graduating
unsettling truths about their own lives.
from Harvard, she played squash professionally. She
In this stunning, elliptical novel, Louisa Hall crafts a breathtaking and explosive holds a PhD in literature from the University of Texas at
story about the ability of the human mind to believe what it wants. Blending Austin. She is the author of the novels Speak and The
science, literature, fiction, and biography, Trinity asks searing questions about Carriage House, and her poems have been published
what it means to truly know someone. in The New Republic, Southwest Review, and other
PUBLISHERS: France (Gallimard), Italy (Mondadori), UK (Corsair),US/NA (Ecco). journals.
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Violaine Huisman PRAISE FOR FUGITIVE:
FUGITIVE
VIOLAINE HUISMAN
"Violaine Huisman unfurls memories, facts and family myths… It’s poignant,
FUGITIVE
PARCE QUE REINE terribly alive… The grit Huisman has in retelling her story, both as a young girl
rom a n and as a writer, is as beautiful as it is brave… Dignified and devastating, the
book is a superb monument to a woman who spent her whole life in flight.”
— LE MONDE
Literary Fiction / 250 pages
“A sparkling debut. Any sadness in the telling is countered by the panache
Material: copies in French
GALLIMARD and surprise of the writing infused in these pages. Love wins out in a life of
Publication: January 2018
struggle – the struggle of a monarch without a kingdom.” — ELLE
“A poignant autobiographical first novel … a strikingly beautiful work.” — RTL
Winner of Prix Françoise Sagan, Prix Marie
Claire, Prince Pierre de Monaco Fellowship. “She kindles a fire without being blinded by the violence of its flames or sucked
in by its twisted beauty... Literature needs this desperately: heroes, but even
A portrait of a beautiful, passionate, and mercurial Parisian woman. Huisman’s more so, heroines... Highly and warmly recommended.” — FRANCE INTER
striking and assured prose reveals the layers of a singular heroine – mother,
“Hypnotic and searching.” — LA VIE
lover, frontline feminist – in a literary novel that is by turns shrewd, heartbreak-
ing, and bitingly funny.
“An intelligent, rich debut.” — LIBERATION
“I’d hesitate to describe my lovers as men. Not out of ambivalence about
“An emphatically gripping debut.” — LIVRES HEBDO
my sexual orientation (decidedly straight: I like coercive sex, abrasive cheeks,
pungent smells, the way they size you up and take up too much space inside, “A magnificent ode. Her prose abounds with literary force.” — LE POINT
hands over yours), but rather because men belonged to her. Men were my
mother's domain. Even if some of her conquests were closer to my age than
VIOLAINE HUISMAN was born in Paris in 1979 and
hers, and vice-versa, I never graduated from boys."
has lived and worked in New York for the past twenty
A stunning debut.
years, most recently organizing the Brooklyn Academy
of Music’s literary series. Her translations into French
include David Grann’s True Crime and Ben Lerner’s The
PUBLISHERS: France (Gallimard), Germany (Fischer), Holland (De Geus), Italy Hatred of Poetry.
(Bompiani), Spain (Hoja de Lata), UK (Virago), US/NA (Scribner).
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Gérard Salem PRAISE FOR GÉRARD SALEM:
YOU BECOME AN ADULT "A surprising, captivating epistolary novel... Gérard
Salem explores with humor and empathy the story
THE DAY YOU FORGIVE of a family whose lives feel oddly familiar."
YOUR PARENTS — PARENTHÈSES
“A healing remedy for families in crisis.” — LA LIBERTÉ
Literary Fiction / 250 pages
Material: copies in French, partial in English “Rings so true, and reminds us of the written word’s redemptive power.”
Publication: May 2018 — TÉLÉ STAR
www.gerardsalem.com "My dear parents,
I can imagine your surprise in receiving this letter. Yes, it's me,
Every family has its secrets… unsettled
your prodigal son, the one you haven’t heard from in seven years.
scores, buried resentments. Sometimes
But rest assured, I don't come waving a white flag. I hope, to the
it's just too late to make amends.
contrary, that this letter will ruin your day.
Or is it?
If you’re surprised, believe me, I am too. I still can’t believe I'm
Seven years ago, Boris broke all contact with his family. Now, newly separated
writing to you. After turning forty this year, I thought I was freed
from his wife and children, Boris has hit a low point. According to his
from you. I thought I had erased you.
psychiatrist, reconnecting with loved ones will help him move forward. It has
to be by post and in handwritten letters, never by e-mail or text. Apparently not…”
What follows is a stunning exchange of letters, with each family member
sharing their anger, their sorrow, their secrets − and their unexpressed love.
GERARD SALEM was born in Beirut. He is
Confronting each other as if for the first time, parents, children, siblings, and
a French psychiatrist and hypnotist based in
cousins redefine their relationships, and in so doing discover something new
Lausanne, Switzerland, specializing in family
about themselves.
therapy. He has previously authored several
An absorbing, moving, and often humorous read that brilliantly captures the nonfiction works about his research in psychiatry,
complex nature of the often nebulous yet powerful ties we call family. therapy and the family. Gérard Salem frequently
participates in conferences around the world
PUBLISHERS: France (Flammarion|Versilio), Germany (DuMont), Italy and collaborates with international research
(Mondadori), Sweden (HarperCollins), Vietnam (Tre Publishing). programs in hospitals and universities.
- 18 - - 19 -Rachel Halliburton Baptiste Touverey
THE OPTICKAL CONSTANTINOPLE
ILLUSION
Fiction / 384 pages
Fiction / 400 pages
Material: copies in English
Material: copies in French, partial in English
Publication: March 2018
Publication: February 2018
www.rachelhalliburton.net
Rome meets House of Cards in a gripping
A glittering debut novel set in the art world story of power, love, and betrayal.
of eighteenth century London.
7th century A.D.: as the Roman Empire falls into ruin, Constantinople remains
The Optickal Illusion is set in the dissolute, seditious world of late eighteenth- the impregnable and thriving hub of power and ambition. Amidst the
century London. New ideas are everywhere. America has just become decadence and instability, two rebel soldiers, Nicetas and Heraclius, are on a
independent. An invasion of England by revolutionary France has just mission fraught with mystery to overthrow Phocas the Usurper. But to become
foundered. The city is bubbling with intrigue. the new emperors, they not only need to win a battle, they must also win a
Into this revolutionary ferment comes the charismatic and clever Ann Jemima young woman's heart.
Provis, a mysterious young woman in possession of a secret that could Rife with power struggles, betrayals, and conspiracies set against a historical
transform the art world forever. backdrop, this is a modern, stunning, and enthralling debut.
Rachel Halliburton’s brilliant debut is based upon an astonishing − and "If there is one book that we should all read in 2018, it's Constantinople.
celebrated − series of true events. It's superb. It wraps readers up in a dream."
— FRANCE INTER
RACHEL HALLIBURTON writes about culture and politics. She contributes
regularly to the FT and The Spectator, and was formerly Deputy Editor of Time BAPTISTE TOUVEREY is a journalist who writes
Out. The Optickal Illusion is her first novel. for Books Magazine, Vanity Fair and the Journal du
Dimanche. He has translated several works by Stefan
Zweig. Constantinople is his first novel.
PUBLISHERS: Romania (RAO), UK/US (Duckworth/Overlook).
PUBLISHERS: France (Laffont|Versilio), Spain (Grijalbo).
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MURDER AT FEROCIOUS
GREYSBRIDGE
Mystery / 300 pages Fiction / 450 pages
Material: copies in English Material: copies in French
Publication: October 2017 Publication: March 2018
@andysaibhcarter Danielle Thiery Auteur
“Haunting, atmospheric, and gripping. One of the “A gripping novel. Danielle Thiéry
finest Irish mystery debuts of recent years. Tana French is a major thriller writer.” – FRANCE INTER
has some serious competition.” — JOHN CONNOLLY
On the outskirts of Paris, human remains have just been uncovered at the
The fourth installment in the solicitor Ben O’Keeffe series. Vincennes Zoo, where the lions are kept. All of the bones belong to children,
but there are no skulls to be found. The grisly discovery reminds criminologist
Summer has arrived in Inishowen, and solicitor Ben O’Keeffe is sorely tempted
Alix de Clavery of the so-called ‘Swan Girl’, whose disappearance from the
by a job offer from an American law firm. But before making any life-changing
zoo six years prior still remains a mystery and continues to haunt her.
decisions, she has her assistant Leah’s wedding to attend at the newly restored
Greysbridge Hotel, with its private beach and beautiful pier. It’s the perfect Just as Alix begins to explore whether the same predator might be lurking
location, but the festivities are brutally cut short when a young American behind both cases, she hears some alarming news from the zoo: another
staying at the hotel drowns in full view of the wedding guests. young girl has gone missing…
When a second death is discovered the same evening, Ben finds herself In Thiéry’s chilling new thriller, a stranger follows a young girl like an animal
embroiled in a real country house mystery, where all the guests are suspects... tracking down its prey. And in police commissioner Marion’s latest case, man
is just as dangerous as beast.
ANDREA CARTER worked as a solicitor on the Inishowen Peninsula where she
ran the most northerly solicitor’s practice in the country. The books are being DANIELLE THIÉRY writes thrillers that draw upon her illustrious career as the
adapted into a TV series called The Inishowen Mysteries by Zanzibar and Hold first female Chief Superintendent in French police history, shining a spotlight
the Page. on those investigating some of humanity’s darkest crimes. She is the winner
of the prestigious Quai des Orfèvres prize.
PUBLISHERS: Germany (Goldmann), UK (Constable/Little, Brown), US/NA
(Oceanview), Film/TV (Zanzibar). PUBLISHER: France (Flammarion|Versilio).
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Stefania Rousselle
AMOUR
"I want to love one person. I think I have waited for too long, now.
I'm afraid to fail.
Most of the time, I am happy. I am sad in the evenings. It's sad
to be alone; it would be nice to go to sleep and wake up next to
Illustrated / 200 pages somebody and be like, 'Good morning, it's gray outside.'"
Material: proposal in English — PHILLIP, 24
@stefaniarousselle
Amour is a visual poem, a quest to understand the
universality of love through the testimonies of the
women and men Stefania met on the road.
Award-winning journalist and filmmaker Stefania Rousselle had been covering
terrorist attacks, sexual slavery, and the rise of extremism in Europe. Her faith
in humanity was shaken. To survive, she needed to renew her faith in love.
She set out on a road trip across the country, going door to door, or as she "At the time, there were no mixed couples in Dunkirk. My
puts it, "heart to heart". She met people of all ages, sleeping at their homes mother rejected me and wanted to send me to a correctional
facility. So I left home with nothing, just my purse. We've loved
in agricultural towns and industrial cities, asking the one question everyone
each other for 53 years. And now people fight to get into the
wants to know the answer to: "What is love?"
Caribbean nights we organize!"
— ANDREE, 70
Started on Instagram, picked up by the The New York Times and later
transformed into a series for Le Monde, the result is an unfiltered plunge into
our most intimate feelings. STEFANIA ROUSSELLE is an independent French-
American video journalist and documentary filmmaker
From a baker in Normandy to a shepherd in the Pyrénées, from an undertaker
based in Paris, France. Her team with the The New
in Nouvelle-Aquitaine to a mailwoman in the Alps, from domestic violence to
York Times was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for
new beginnings, Amour is a treasure, a bearer of hope.
international reporting for their coverage of the Islamic
State. She graduated from Paris-Sorbonne University,
and taught at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of
Journalism.
- 26 - - 27 -Zarifa Adiba “My name is Zarifa ('cherished one' in Dari), I’m about to conduct
PLAYING FOR FREEDOM the first and only women’s orchestra from a country ravaged by war
THE JOURNEY OF A YOUNG AFGHAN VIOLIST for the past 40 years. I’m wearing high heels and walking on air. We
are here to show the best of what Afghanistan has to offer. We’re
risking our lives, but they’ve been on the line since we played our
Memoir
very first notes. When we return to Kabul, three of our members will
Material: partial in English
www.zohra-music.org disappear into their families and be married off, never to be heard
from again. I will also have to resist my family’s attempts to force
The inspirational story of a young woman who risked
me to marry, to get me out of the way. But tonight, I’m not thinking
everything to follow her passion for music.
about the violence we’ll face upon our return. Tomorrow can wait.”
According to the UN, Afghanistan is the worst place on the planet to be born
a woman. The effects of Taliban rule can be felt everywhere: women lack
access to basic education, men make all the major decisions, and art and
culture are heavily frowned upon.
Young Zarifa dreamed of studying and becoming a musician. However, many
conservative Muslims — including her family — still see music as a pathway to
sin. Facing daily violence, Zarifa taught herself to play the viola with a piece of
wood, dodged arranged marriages to suitors twice her age and challenged
traditional ideas of what it means to be an Afghan woman. At eighteen, she
performed in front of world leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
This is a story that takes us into the heart of modern day Kabul, in turns
terrifying and inspiring. It opens our eyes to the plight of women, and the
courage of a young musician who defies the odds with sheer
grit and talent, and refuses to take no for an answer.
ZARIFA ADIBA is the lead violist and co-conductor of
Zohra, Afghanistan's first (and only) all-female orchestra.
She is now attending law school to fight for women's rights
in Afghanistan.
- 28 - - 29 -Ayaan Hirsi Ali “Until recently, women in Western liberal countries have taken safety in the
streets for granted. As a Somali arriving in The Netherlands in 1992, I had
HONOR grown up knowing that to step outside the house without covering my head
and body, or walking alone, would make me a target for harassment and
ISLAM, IMMIGRATION AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS assault… As I acclimatized to life in a Western city, I learned that women’s
rights were radically different from the world I had come from. In the 1990s,
Current Affairs / 250 pages it looked like the momentum that had brought liberties for Western women
Material: Proposal available 2018 would trickle down to newly arriving immigrants, and then spread out to the
@Ayaan rest of the world… Yet today it is a tragedy that history is in reverse for women,
and not just immigrant women, all women in the West.” —AYAAN HIRSI ALI
In an incisive and timely new book, Ayaan Hirsi Ali argues PRAISE FOR AYAAN HIRSI ALI:
that immigration and Islam are leading to a significant “This woman is a major hero of our time.” — RICHARD DAWKINS
setback in women’s rights – not just for immigrants,
but for all women in liberal democracies. “There is no one in a better position to remind us that tolerance of intolerance
is cowardice.” — SAM HARRIS AND SALMAN RUSHDIE
In Honor, Ayaan Hirsi Ali weaves together personal testimonies and hard
“Isn’t it extraordinary that it should be a Somali woman who should be the
facts to show how the Western world is experiencing a significant setback
one to defend with such conviction and passion the culture of freedom.”
in women’s rights. Underscoring the role of religion, demography, conflict,
—MARIO VARGAS LLOSA, EL PAIS
television, and social media, Hirsi Ali explains that today there is one major
factor causing a decline in women’s safety and independence: massive “Truly a hero of our time.” — POLITICO
immigration from Muslim majority countries with a radically different view of
the place of women in society. This change is setting back women's rights AYAAN HIRSI ALI is the bestselling author of Infidel, Nomad, The Caged
alarmingly fast, and in some places, by decades. Virgin, and Heretic, which have been translated into 38 languages. Born in
Somalia and raised a Muslim, she grew up in Africa and Saudi Arabia before
With extensive research and insight, Hirsi Ali flags this dangerous decline, seeking asylum in 1992 in the Netherlands, where she went from cleaning
addressing issues ranging from immigration and Islam to the apologetic factories to winning a seat in the Dutch Parliament. A
multiculturalism of Western liberal democracies. Her message is clear: we prominent speaker, debater, and journalist, she was chosen
cannot turn a blind eye to violations of women's rights carried out in the name as one of Time Magazine's “100 Most Influential People in
of religion in our own backyard. the World.” She is a fellow at Harvard University's John F.
Kennedy School of Government and the founder of the
PUBLISHER: US/NA (HarperCollins).
AHA Foundation.
- 30 - - 31 -Marie Robert Stephen P. Williams
WHEN YOU KANT BLOCKCHAIN
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Non-Fiction / 130 pages
Philosophy / 200 pages Material: manuscript in English
Material: copies in French, partial in English Publication: March 2019
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Holland (Balans), Japan (Futabasha), Korea
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- 32 - - 33 -Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan,
Caroline de Maigret, Sophie Mas
OLDER BUT BETTER,
BUT OLDER
Humor/Illustrated / 250 pages
Material: Manuscript in English Winter 2018
Publication: 2019
You know things aren’t what they used to be…
When you wake up feeling great and everyone tells you how tired you look….
PRAISE
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(Simon & Schuster)François Busnel, Editor-in-Chief Michèle Fitoussi
AMERICA JANET
Literary Journalism / 100 pages Biography / 380 pages
Material: Issues 1-4 available in French Material: copies in French
Publication: 2017-2021 Publication: September 2018
Trump’s presidency as explored, dissected, decried by
award-winning writers both in the US and around the The incredible life of Janet Flanner, free-spirited Paris
world. “America like you’ve never read it before.” correspondent for The New Yorker from the 1920s
to the 1970s, and pioneer of narrative journalism.
America demonstrates how literature might be the antidote to "alternative
facts" and provides a compelling form of resistance against Donald Trump's A feminist, lesbian, pacifist, seductress and leading figure in artistic and
world. intellectual circles, Janet Flanner chronicled post-war Parisian life. She was
a brilliant stylist with a scathing sense of humor, her most famous portraits
The first year has included in-depth exclusive interviews
including Hitler, Pétain, Nuremberg, Matisse, Braque, Malraux, De Gaulle…
with Toni Morrison, James Ellroy, Don DeLillo, Tom Wolfe
and Paul Auster, writing from Ta-Nehisi Coates, Louise For the first time, Michèle Fitoussi brings back to life the woman who invented
Erdrich, Stephen King, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, John narrative journalism, well before Truman Capote, Tom Wolfe, or Gay Talese,
Irving, Colum McCann, and many more. Covering a wide yet was only recognised near the end of her life when she won the National
range of subjects, from the inventor of barbed wire, to Book Award for Paris Journal.
the National Parks, to the FBI and gun violence, America's
In this biography that reads like a novel, we are transported back to the Paris
editor-in-chief François Busnel says, “This is a map of
of the Lost Generation.
America, but also a memoir of its time.”
MICHÈLE FITOUSSI is an editor and reporter for Elle magazine. She has
A resounding success in France with over 120,000 copies
written for theater and television and published twelve books, translated into
sold in the first year, America is for all readers trying to
30 languages.
come to grips with our current Trumpworld.
PUBLISHER: US (Grove Atlantic). PUBLISHER: France (Lattès).
- 36 - - 37 -Fabrice Midal FA B R I C E M I D A L
PRAISE FOR FABRICE MIDAL:
THE IMPORTANCE OF SAUVEZ VOTRE “With conviction and clarity, Fabrice Midal shows us how to make a lasting
place in our hearts for generous Love.” — CHRISTOPHE ANDRÉ
BEING NARCISSISTIC
PEAU !
evenez
“A joyful plea, a call to reaffirm our inner-freedom in spite of other
demands.” — ELLE
Non-Fiction / 180 pages narcissique "Fabrice Midal's book is powerful, yet playful, challenging and at the same
Material: copies in French, manuscript in English
time comforting. It can transform the way you look at your life as a whole, and
Par l’auteur de
Publication: January 2018 Foutez-vous la paix ! the way you live this moment." — TAL BEN-SHAHAR
Déjà 100 000 lecteurs
Flammarion
www.fabricemidal.com Flammarion “Dry January; Veganuary; new year, new you…Author Midal has no time for
this sort of flim-flam. He suggests you stop obeying (you are intelligent), stop
AN IMMEDIATE BESTSELLER
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You feel as if your life is one long sacrifice... do…instead, it’s about living your life and just being…the rest will follow no
You're exploited, you're mistreated…
matter what life throws at you. ” — EMERALD STREET
You're on the verge of a burn-out,
but you just can't say "no."
Fabrice Midal
T HE IN T ERN AT ION AL BE S T SELLER
After the bestselling The French Art of Not Giving a Sh*t, Fabrice Midal turns
The
the tables on the myth of Narcissus and shows how the legend has been Die innere Ruhe
French Art KANN MICH MAL
long misunderstood. Instead of accusing ourselves (and others) of being “too of Not
narcissistic” or self-absorbed, Midal explains that true narcissism involves Giving a Sh*t
Cut the Crap and Live Your Life
taking care of ourselves; it teaches us to find peace with who we are − and Meditation radikal anders
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With an eye-opening and empowering account, Midal weaves personal
testimony through a wealth of examples from literature, mythology, and
FABRICE MIDAL has a PhD in philosophy from the
culture, showing us that in order to be altruistic, we must first be narcissistic.
University of Paris. The founder of The Western School
PUBLISHERS: France (Flammarion|Versilio), Czech Republic (Metafora), Korea of Meditation and author of several bestsellers, he is one
(Dongyang Books). of France’s leading teachers of dharma and meditation
PREVIOUS PUBLISHERS: ANZ (Allen & Unwin), Brazil (Planeta Brazil), Germany and travels around the world to give conferences.
(dtv), Italy (Newton Compton), Poland (Foksal), Lithuania (VAGA), Spain/LA
(Paidos), UK (Orion), US/NA (Hachette Books).
- 38 - - 39 -Léonard Anthony & Adrien Chaboche Dr. Gabriel Perlemuter
FATIGUE THE HIDDEN
LEARNING HOW TO REST
POWERS OF THE
LIVER
Health/Lifestyle / 300 pages Health/Lifestyle / 280 pages
Material: copies in French Material: copies in French, manuscript in English
Publication: March 2018 Publication: Fall 2018
This is not a book about sleep. In the spirit of Giulia Enders’ Gut, an entertaining and
It's about embracing fatigue and learning how to rest. informative exploration of one of the body’s unsung heroes.
“I’m tired” is ingrained into the psyche of the 21st century adult. But why are What’s large, reddish-brown, and absolutely necessary for human survival?
we so tired? We work too hard. We’re exhausted by the constant quest for The liver. It is the only organ to fully regenerate, and thus the most resilient
true love. We're drained by our children. We're tired just thinking through the player in the human body. A healthy liver is our best line of defense against
options of modern life. We're constantly distracted by technology. a startling array of illnesses and conditions, from simple fatigue to cirrhosis.
We abuse the snooze button every morning, and supplement In The Hidden Powers of the Liver, internationally renowned expert
that with a double espresso at noon, but who are we kidding? Dr. Perlemuter mixes highly readable scientific narrative with crucial knowledge
It would take years of hibernating to feel truly rested and refreshed, right? on how this mysterious organ processes hormones, stockpiles nutrients, filters
out toxins, and keeps the body’s metabolism running. The author addresses
Think again. Fatigue is an invigorating and revelatory read that explores
questions like: Why is eating too much fruit bad for the liver? Why is coffee
why we should stop being in denial about tiredness and why fighting it is
good for it? How can you take care of your liver − and more importantly,
counterproductive. In Fatigue we discover not only how to rest, but also new
what’ll happen if you don’t?
possibilities of how to live our lives.
“This book teaches us to stop enduring fatigue and to start listening DR. GABRIEL PERLEMUTER is a renowned hepatology professor. He is the
to it, so that we might finally learn how to rest.”— SANTÉ MAGAZINE head of a research team at France’s National Institute for Health and Medical
Research (INSERM) and of the hepato-gastroenterology department at
LÉONARD ANTHONY is a meditation and Nidra Yoga expert, hypnotist,
Antoine-Béclère University Hospital. He previously coauthored a bestselling
entrepreneur, book publisher, and composer. ADRIAN CHABOCHE is an
book on bacteria.
expert in global and integrated medicine. They are based in Paris.
PUBLISHERS: Brazil (Alaude), France (Flammarion|Versilio). PUBLISHERS: France (Flammarion|Versilio), Poland (Amber).
- 40 - - 41 -Alexandre Mars Margareta Magnusson
Alexandre Mars
GIVING Je ne suis ni l’abbé Pierre ni mère Teresa. Juste
un homme de mon temps, révolté par l’injustice,
Alexandre Mars
La révolution
THE GENTLE ART
OF SWEDISH
qui a décidé un jour de mettre sa révolte en actes.
La révolution du partage
Parce qu’un milliard d’humains vit avec moins d’un
PURPOSE IS THE NEW dollar par jour, parce que notre monde est sur le
point d’imploser, parce que l’on peut changer du partage
DEATH CLEANING
les choses, Alexandre Mars, entrepreneur et
CURRENCY
philanthrope, a choisi de s’engager au service du
partage. Avec un mot d’ordre : que le don devienne
la norme.
Alexandre Mars est le fondateur d’Epic, le mou
vement mondial pour lutter contre les injustices
sociales en révolutionnant le don.
Alexandre Mars fera don de l’intégralité
Non-Fiction / 200 pages
Photo © Pascal Perich
de ses droits d’auteur à
Non-Fiction / 160 pages
Material: manuscripts in French and English
Création Studio Flammarion
www.epic.foundation
Material: copies in English
Flammarion
Prix France : 15
Publication: May 2018
ISBN : 978-2-0814-3947-4
Flammarion
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Flammarion
“I’m no Mother Teresa. I’m just one of many, appalled by The New York Times bestseller on how to master Swedish
the world’s injustice. So one day I decided to act on my death cleaning: the Scandinavian art of shedding unnecessary
convictions and start improving other people’s lives.” things to make our lives as joyful as possible, at any age.
Alexandre Mars, one of The New York Observer’s top 20 philanthropists under
Döstädning, or the art of death cleaning, is a Swedish phenomenon by which
40, takes us to the heart of a new revolution: the revolution of sharing.
the elderly and their families set their affairs in order. Whatever your age,
Alexandre Mars is not a typical entrepreneur. His successes made front page Swedish death cleaning can be used to help you de-clutter your life, and take
news − but also made him wonder what the value is of being rich in a world stock of what's important.
where a billion people are living on less than a dollar per day.
“A fond and wise little book... Magnusson is good company
By founding Epic, Mars gave meaning to his success. Epic is a movement on the page... This one I will keep.”— THE NEW YORK TIMES
which aims to reduce injustices around the world by finding the most
MARGARETA MAGNUSSON was born in Sweden and has lived all over the
impactful initiatives and funding their social innovation through systematic
world. She graduated from Beckman's College of Design in Stockholm and
giving practices available to everyone. “Our world can’t carry on like this,” he
her work as an artist has been exhibited in galleries round the world. She is
writes. “We no longer have the choice not to share."
also a mother of five.
Mars realizes that the act of giving should be painless, simple and transparent. PUBLISHERS: ANZ (Scribe), Brazil (Intrinseca), Canada (French - Edito), Catalan
In a world where for many “purpose is the new currency,” Mars tells stories (Columna), China (Shanghai 99), Czech Republic (Grada), Denmark (C & K Forlag),
Finland (Tammi), France (Flammarion), Germany (Fischer), Holland (De Bezige Bij),
that inspire us to learn how to give, if only a few pennies at a time. Hungary (Park), Italy (La Nave di Teseo), Japan (Misaka Shobo), Korea (Sigongsa),
Norway (Panta), Poland(Foksal), Portugal(Quetzal), Romania (Lifestyle), Russia
PUBLISHERS: France (Flammarion|Versilio), US (Harper One). (AST), Slovakia (Tatran), Spain/LA (Penguin Random House), Sweden (Bonniers),
Taiwan (Emily), Thailand (Amarin), Ukraine(KM), UK (Canongate), US/NA (Scribner),
Vietnam(Firt News).
- 42 - - 43 -Victoire de Talliac & ALUM STONE
Ramdane Touhami Stone and powder — Origin: Syria
was used to stabilize dyes and pigments.
ALUM-BASED RECIPES
SOS ALUM BATH
from L’Officine Universelle
PURIFYING
AN ATLAS OF
Naturally astringent and antiseptic, it is the A hand and foot bath to promote clarity HAND & FOOT SCRUB
traditional after-shave treatment of barbers. and heal minor aches. Sandal alert! Feet that are fresh out of
To clarify and purify water, one can throw winter or too callused for summer can be
some alum into it – it is reputed to remove Is your skin cut and scraped? To calm beautified with this weekly scrub.
impurities. In the Maghreb, mouth ulcers the damage wrought by gardening and
and other oral ailments are healed by to purify the skin, to relieve ingrown In a small bowl, carefully mix one level
gargling some pure water enhanced with nails before a pedicure, or cleanse the tablespoon of alum stone powder with two
NATURAL BEAUTY
alum powder. In Morocco, the so-called wound on your knee after a fall, allow a teaspoons of argan oil and two drops of
“Roman’s mixture”, which contains alum large tablespoon of alum stone powder to geranium essential oil. Gently scrub the
powder, jujube and coarse salt, is said to dissolve in a small tub filled with warm feet, their soles, heels and toes with this
Aluminiferous schist ward off the evil eye. water. Soak your hands or feet in it for mixture – which, by the way, can also be
about ten minutes, or douse the area that used as a hand scrub. Finish on the back of
PURITY STONE needs to be cleaned, and rinse with clear your hands and rinse with warm water.
ON COLLECTING ALUM STONE water. After this treatment, which you can
n its natural state, this veined, supplement with some lemon if your nails
translucent and rather brittle rock is Traditionally, alum stone is divided, cut are stained, gently massage half a teaspoon
made up of sulfuric acid, aluminum and polished by hand into a soft, smooth of shea butter onto work-weary hands and
oxide and potassium sulfate. Historical cobble, which can be easily run over around the nails.
evidence suggests that alunite mines were the skin of the cheeks, neck and chin.
first exploited in Syria and Egypt, where There are two types of alum stone – the
Lifestyle / 250 pages the rocks come right up to the surface, as
they do in some parts of Europe, notably
Bohemia and Saxony.
natural version, which is preferable, and
one synthesized from crystallized alunite.
Natural alum stone is translucent, veined
and ribbed. By contrast, the reconstituted
Material: manuscript in French, copies in English
stone is opaque and homogenous.
TEACHINGS
FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL
“Only stone is innocent.”
THE BENEFITS
The ancient Greek philosopher and
Publication: October 2017 alchemist Theophrastus published a work
entitled “On salt, niter and alum.” Indeed,
alum is a close relative of the famed
The aluminum sulfate and potassium sulfate
that are naturally present in alum stone
have antibacterial and astringent properties
Hegel
natron, which was used in medicine and that help tighten the skin’s pores, minimize
for embalming bodies throughout ancient sweating, and encourage hemostasis after
Egypt. In the Middle Ages, this stone the occurrence of minor cuts.
From the founders of the “most chic 14 15
beauty emporium in the world.”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE ALOE VERA TEACHINGS FROM TIME
IMMEMORIAL
nowadays also harvested by extraction, and
pasteurization has finally made it possible
to package fresh aloe vera juice. Macerating
Oily macerate, gel (leaves) — Origin: North Africa The origins of aloe vera remain murky for the plant in a neutral vegetable oil – such
botanists. The plant reportedly originates as sunflower or jojoba – is another way to
from either the Arabian Peninsula or harness its properties and to convey them
North Africa. Its name derives from the as simply as possible to the skin. If there is
Arabic word alloeh, meaning “bitter”, some aloe vera in your garden, this source of
Allow yourself to be transported back to beauty’s golden age with An Atlas of and from the Latin word vera, meaning
“true”. Its use and prescription have
been documented in all Middle-Eastern
freshness is within arm’s reach! Exercising
just a little caution, it is not that hard to
harvest some of its gel. Just cut one fine leaf
cultures. In the case of the Sumerians, at the base, choose a slice, cut off its spiny
Natural Beauty. First established as a Parisian trendsetter in the 19th century,
in the 3rd millennium B.C., clay tablets sides, run it under fresh water, and let the
testify to its therapeutic benefits. The gel flow onto your skin.
Egyptians considered aloe vera to be a
longevity elixir, and it is mentioned several
times in the Ebers Papyrus – named after THE BENEFITS
the beauty emporium has been reincarnated as L'Officine Universelle Buly on
its translator – which dates back to the
16th century B.C., and contains the famed Aloe vera extract is rich in vitamin A,
Book on the preparation of medicine for which increases cell turnover and alleviates
all parts of the human body. It celebrates dark spots; in vitamin C, which stimulates
the impressive healing power of aloe in microcirculation within the skin; and in
Rue Bonaparte in Paris.
embellishing, stimulating and caring for vitamins B and E, which help the cells fight
the skin, as well as warding off hair loss. oxidative stress. Its high concentration
of minerals, trace elements and eighteen
amino acids explains the potency of its
ON COLLECTING ALOE VERA effects on the skin and the accuracy of its
nickname in traditional Chinese medicine,
At full maturity, aloe leaves contain where it is known as the “harmonious
Invention and natural beauty are at the heart of Buly and this exquisitely
an almost transparent and viscous remedy”. It is particularly effective when
mucilaginous gel which is harvested with an it comes to soothing the discomfort of
expert cut, so as to preserve both the plant sunburn and to revitalizing damaged and
and its pulp. This gel can be applied directly parched skin. It works wonders on skin
Aloe vera, Aloe barbadensis onto the skin, but it oxidizes very quickly. that lacks vitality, which it smoothes and
designed book allows you to sample their unique aesthetic heritage as a
For better preservation, incised leaves were revives.
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT once hung from the tip to let the juice
fleshy leaves, fringed with very tough flow out slowly, before cooking reduced it
amed for its cosmetic and thorns. It grows under the fire of the sun on to a syrup. A more recent method opts for
medicinal uses, aloe vera is a dry terrain, and the wind and stones are the crushing and pulverizing the leaves. The
French apothecary as well as discover the modern uses, properties and home succulent from the Liliaceae
family. Nicknamed “the desert lily”, this
aloe is known for its long, smooth and
only nourishment it needs. Within its thick
leaves lies an abundant pulp, as transparent
and fresh as a gel, a miraculous source.
powder that is thus obtained is highly stable
and easy to preserve; it is used in many aloe
vera-based products. This precious gel is
beauty recipes for over 80 seeds, flowers, oils, trees, fruits and herbs. 10 11
Including an exotic and diverse range of botanicals − from apricot and avocado VICTOIRE DE TAILLAC and RAMDANE TOUHAMI
to argan oil and aloe vera − there are explanations for where the ingredient are the owners of L’Officine Universelle Buly, and are
came from, its history, how it has been used in the past and recipes for how to a married couple, currently living in Tokyo. He is an
use it as a beauty solution now. entrepreneur, art collector and designer; she is an
aristocrat-turned-shopkeeper. Together they are an
This is the perfect guide for all modern natural beauty enthusiasts as the
artistic Parisian powerhouse. They launched L’Officine
virtues of each ingredient are highlighted and clearly explained to ensure
Universelle Buly in 2014, a line of beauty products
naturally radiant skin is easily achievable.
sold at international locations and at Net-a-Porter / Mr
PUBLISHERS: UK (Ebury), US/NA (Simon & Schuster). Porter.
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