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Jean Lorrains majestätiskt dekadenta roman, kväljande kvav av opium och eter, beskriver den depraverade ädlingen Monsieur de Phocas sökande efter den förlösande blicken, lystern som kan rädda honom ur den vansinnets virvel han sugs ner i. Så som Huysmans Mot Strömmen kan sägas inleda dekadensen, är Monsieur de Phocas dess slutpunkt. “Det förrförra sekelskiftet innebar en kris på i stort sett alla plan: en andlig, intellektuell, konstnärlig, moralisk och socioekonomisk kris. Jean Lorrain fångade den, ja man kan rentav säga att han personifierade den. Den här boken är år 1900”, skriver Kristoffer Leandoer i sitt förord. Jean Lorrain var estet, journalist, dandy, erotoman, korsetterad, homosexuell, eterdrickare, sminkad, parfymerad, en pseudonym, en mask, Prousts duellant, narkoman, författare, resenär, en skandal, insolent, dekadent; inget för moralister och kräsmagade.

When the rich and well-connected Raoule de Vénérande becomes enamoured of Jacques Silvert, a poor young man who makes artificial flowers for a living, she turns him into her mistress and eventually into her wife. Raoule’s suitor, a cigar-smoking former hussar officer, becomes an accomplice in the complications that ensue.A writer and cultural arbiter of a salon in France from the early 1880s until 1930, Rachilde (Marguerite Eymery) won celebrity with this scandalously decadent novel. An inversion of the Pygmalion story, the book was judged to be pornographic, and a Belgian court sentenced its author (in absentia) to two years in prison. Verlaine congratulated Rachilde on the invention of a new vice.

Monsieur Racine wakes up one day to find his precious pear tree looted of all the award-winning fruit. When he discovers that the culprit is funny-looking beast, his anger gives way to curiosity and two become friends. But the beast is not quite what it seems, eventually it comes apart-literally to show itself to be no beast at all, but the two playful children from next door, covered with skins and rags.

"Lejonet av Juda stam har segrat Kejsare Haile Sellassie I Av Gud utvald, konungarnas konung av Etiopien Må detta nå Monsieur Stjärne!" - Utdrag ur brev från kejsare Haile Sellassie till Per Stjärne Efter andra världskriget kom relationen mellan kejsare Haile Sellassie (1892-1975) och den svenske missionären Per Stjärne (1895-1984) att spela en central roll i utvecklingen av ett nära samarbete mellan Etiopien och Sverige. Detta är en skildring av den förtroendefulla vänskapen mellan kejsaren och den svenske missionären. Boken är ett värdefullt bidrag till vår kunskap om hur viktiga historiska skeenden bygger på ömsesidigt förtroende mellan nyckelpersoner. I brevväxlingen mellan kejsaren och Stjärne kastas nytt ljus över situationen för etiopiska flyktingar som befann sig bland annat i Jerusalem och Kenya under krigsåren. Kejsare Haile Sellassie var angelägen om att samarbeta med Sverige - ett litet, neutralt land utan kolonier. Hans erfarenheter av den svenska missionens insatser inom skolväsendet och sjukvården var positiva. När kejsaren, med brittisk hjälp, kunde återvända till Etiopien 1941 fick Per Stjärne en nyckelroll som kejsarens speciella sändebud. Boken bygger delvis på tidigare okända brev. - VIVECA HALLDIN NORBERG, FIL DR Brevväxlingen mellan kejsaren och Stjärne har ställts till författarens förfogande av sönerna Torsten och Lennart Stjärne. Därtill kommer en inte tidigare uppmärksammad korrespondens mellan kejsarens sändebud Abbebe Retta och Nils Dahlberg, dåvarande missionsföreståndare inom EFS. EZRA GEBREMEDHIN Präst, docent i tros-och livsåskådningsvetenskap. Tidigare generalsekreterare för EECMY, lärare vid Johannelunds teologiska institut och lektor vid Uppsala universitet. MARTIN NILSSON Tidigare informatör med insamlingsfrågor och internationell information, projektledare för EFS arkivprojekt. "Vi har läst detta ytterst intressanta verk och tror att denna bok kommer vara av intresse för många människor från olika sammanhang." PROFESSOR RICHARD & RITA PANKHURST "Brevväxlingen mellan den svenske misionären Per Stjärne och kejsaren Haile Sellassie I erbjuder en sällsynt inblick i den berömde monarkens personlighet och de utmaningar han ställdes inför. Boken presenterar en unik samling dokument från en viktig period i Etiopiens historia, nämligen det fascistiska Italiens invasion av Etiopien (1936-1941)." BAHRU ZEWDE Professor emeritus i historia, Addis Ababa University "Ezra Gebremedhin har gjort ett fantastiskt jobb i att lyfta fram en del av Etiopiens historia genom brevväxlingen mellan missionären Per Stjärne och kejsaren Haile Sellassie I. Jag hoppas att våra barn och barnbarn kan få en glimt av det imponerande arv som hör till dem genom detta verk." NAIGZY GEBREMEDHIN Ingenjör, tidigare dekanus vid Building College i Addis Ababa och FN-tjänsteman.

Traumatized by memories of his war-ravaged country, and with his son and daughter-in-law dead, Monsieur Linh travels to a foreign land to bring the child in his arms to safety. The other refugees in the detention centre are unsure how to help the old man; his caseworkers are compassionate, but overworked. Monsieur Linh struggles beneath the weight of his sorrow, and becomes increasingly bewildered and isolated in this unfamiliar, fast-moving town. And then he encounters Monsieur Bark. They do not speak each other's language, but Monsieur Bark is sympathetic to the foreigner's need to care for the child. Recently widowed and equally alone, he is eager to talk, and Monsieur Linh knows how to listen. The two men share their solitude, and find friendship in an unlikely dialogue between two very different cultures. Monsieur Linh and His Child is a remarkable novel with an extraordinary twist, a subtle portrait of friendship and a dialogue between two cultures.

När den adliga Raoule de Vénérande träffar den fattige arbetaren Jacques Silvert drabbas hon av en häftig förälskelse och bestämmer sig för att hon vill ha honom till sin älskarinna. Han installeras i en överdådig ateljé där hon drogar, slår och älskar sitt vackra offer som gör allt för att glömma sin manliga stolthet och förföras av lyxen. Kan man finna sig i en sådan tillvaro? Kan omvärlden tolerera den? Vännen och före detta husarofficeren baron de Raittolbe gör det i vilket fall inte. Hans stiliga mustasch darrar av svartsjuka och oförlöst begär – men är det verkligen till Raoule hans lust står? Ödesdigra konsekvenser väntar för den som försöker skriva om reglerna och för den som är alltför vacker. I den här hyperdekadenta och proto-queera romanen från 1884 utmanar dess författarinna Rachilde – ”Mademoiselle Baudelaire” – även en modern läsares föreställningar om kön, klass och konst. Utgåvan innehåller även förord och kommentarer av översättaren Hillevi Hellberg och efterord av fin de siècle-forskaren Cecilia Carlander.

In this key text from the French decadent movement, an aristocratic young woman becomes enamored of a young man who makes artificial flowers for a living.

The second book in the new Penguin Maigret series: Georges Simenon's devastating tale of misfortune, betrayal and the weakness of family ties, in a new translation by Anthea Bell.Instead of the detail filling itself in and becoming clearer, it seemed to escape him. The face of the man in the ill-fitting coat just misted up so that it hardly looked human. In theory this mental portrait was good enough, but now it was replaced by fleeting images which should have added up to one and the same man but which refused to get themselves into focus.The circumstances of Monsieur Gallet's death all seem fake: the name the deceased was travelling under and his presumed profession, and more worryingly, his family's grief. Their haughtiness seems to hide ambiguous feelings about the hapless man. In this haunting story, Maigret discovers the appalling truth and the real crime hidden behind the surface of lies.Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in previous translations as Maigret Stonewalled and The Death of Monsieur Gallet.'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century' Guardian 'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent

THE LAST MAIGRET'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann CleevesHe needed to get out of his office, soak up the atmosphere and discover different worlds with each new investigation. He needed the cafés and bars where he so often ended up waiting, at the counter, drinking a beer or a calvados depending on the circumstances.He needed to do battle patiently in his office with a suspect who refused to talk and sometimes, after hours and hours, he'd obtain a dramatic confession.In Simenon's final novel featuring Inspector Maigret, the famous detective reaches a pivotal moment in his career, contemplating his past and future as he delves into the Paris underworld one last time, to investigate the case of a missing lawyer.'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century' Guardian

Saint Lambert's Nouveau traité de l'accompagnement de clavecin, de l'orgue, et des autres instruments of 1707 supplements his earlier harpsichord treatise, Les Principes du clavecin of 1702. The Nouveau traité is a method book specifically designed for the accompanist rather than the solo performer. It offers practical suggestions to help the accompanist play the correct harmony without having to read all the notated parts at the same time. Saint Lambert discusses accompanying from unfigured and partly figured basses, and his was one of the first attempts to codify bass progressions into specific formulas, for which he assigns appropriate harmonies. He describes possible departures from the usual rules of accompaniment and examines performance techniques used by "tasteful" accompanists in order to create not merely a correct but an artistic accompaniment. John Powell presents Saint Lambert's text in a readable English translation with musical examples in modern notation. He compares Saint Lambert's text in a readable English translation with musical examples in modern notation. He compares Saint Lambert's concepts of realization with those of contemporaneous sources and traces the influence of this treatise on later authors.

Published in 1987: This thesis presents an edition of the author’s play, Monsieur Thomas, with a substantial introduction in several sections and a sizeable apparatus.

Published in 1987: This thesis presents an edition of the author’s play, Monsieur Thomas, with a substantial introduction in several sections and a sizeable apparatus.

For the first time, this volume brings together the history of the royal spare in the monarchy of early modern France, those younger brothers of kings known simply as ‘Monsieur’.Ranging from the Wars of Religion to the French Revolution, this comparative study examines the frustrations of four royal princes whose proximity to their older brothers gave them vast privileges and great prestige, but also placed severe limitations on their activities and aspirations. Each chapter analyses a different aspect of the lives of François, duke of Alençon, Gaston, duke of Orléans, Philippe, duke of Orléans and Louis-Stanislas, count of Provence, starting with their birth and education, their marriages and political careers, and their search for alternative expressions of power through the patronage of the arts, architecture and learning. By comparing these four lives, a powerful image emerges of a key development in the institution of modern monarchy: the transformation of the rebellious, politically ambitious prince into the loyal defender – even in disagreement – of the Crown and of the older brother who wore it.This volume is the perfect resource for all students and scholars interested in the history of France, monarchy, early modern state building and court studies.

For the first time, this volume brings together the history of the royal spare in the monarchy of early modern France, those younger brothers of kings known simply as ‘Monsieur’.Ranging from the Wars of Religion to the French Revolution, this comparative study examines the frustrations of four royal princes whose proximity to their older brothers gave them vast privileges and great prestige, but also placed severe limitations on their activities and aspirations. Each chapter analyses a different aspect of the lives of François, duke of Alençon, Gaston, duke of Orléans, Philippe, duke of Orléans and Louis-Stanislas, count of Provence, starting with their birth and education, their marriages and political careers, and their search for alternative expressions of power through the patronage of the arts, architecture and learning. By comparing these four lives, a powerful image emerges of a key development in the institution of modern monarchy: the transformation of the rebellious, politically ambitious prince into the loyal defender – even in disagreement – of the Crown and of the older brother who wore it.This volume is the perfect resource for all students and scholars interested in the history of France, monarchy, early modern state building and court studies.

Internationally acclaimed play of cross-cultural friendship Paris in the 1960s. Thirteen-year-old Moses lives in the shadow of his less-than loving father. When he's caught stealing from wise old shopkeeper Monsieur Ibrahim, he discovers an unlikely friend and a whole new world. Together they embark on a journey that takes them from the streets of Paris to the whirling dervishes of the Golden Crescent.This delightful, moving play has already been a huge hit in Paris and New York. Performed in thirteen countries and published in twelve languages, it is also an award-winning film starring Omar Sharif.Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qur'an received its UK premiere at the Bush Theatre on 17 January 2006.

This is the fourth volume in a ten-volume series of the critical old-spelling texts of the plays in the Beaumont and Fletcher canon, in which the texts are established on modern bibliographical principles. Each play is introduced by a discussion of the text, has variant readings in footnotes, and is followed by full textual notes and lists of press-variants, emendations of accidentals and historical collations.

THE THIRD NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING CHOCOLAT SERIES'Expertly crafted, typically mouthwatering' DAILY MAILWhen Vianne Rocher receives a letter from beyond the grave, she allows the wind to blow her back to the village in south-west France where, eight years ago, she opened up a chocolate shop. But Lansquenet is different now: women veiled in black, the scent of spices and peppermint tea, and, on the bank of the river Tannes, facing the church: a minaret.Nor is it only the incomers from North Africa that have brought change. Father Reynaud, Vianne's erstwhile adversary, is disgraced and under threat. Could it be that Vianne is the only one who can save him now?'A brave and grippingly confected story' SUNDAY TIMES'Like Chocolat, this book is a feast for the senses. Every page is steeped in scents, colours and tastes' LITERARY REVIEW'Prepare to be transported by Joanne Harris as she revisits the characters and setting of her first bestseller, Chocolat' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

A novel that reflects the author's preoccupation with the phenomenon of a mind detached from sensibility, yet he is also an ordinary fictional character.

The National Book Award–winning translation of Valéry’s singular novel, a strange and powerful philosophical exploration of human consciousnessPaul Valéry was obsessed with exploring the conscious mind, and it was this preoccupation that produced the unusual masterpiece of modern fiction that is Monsieur Teste. Although not autobiographical in any usual sense, Valéry’s only novel is a profoundly personal book, a portrait of a character whose mind is shown in two aspects—detached from the senses and engaged in the events of everyday life. This volume also includes “Snapshots of Monsieur Teste"—passages from Valéry’s Notebooks that give a closer view of Teste.The Collected Works of Paul Valéry, the first collected edition of the writer in English, features new translations, the original French on facing pages for poetic works, and editorial notes.