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“We must open the way for possibilities, make choices, dare …” It is with this conviction that Geneviève founded, eighteen years ago, the library The 23e Walking, in Auvers-sur-Oise (Val-d’Oise). In her summer selection, she favors the Pocket formats.
The crazy papi
On the thriller side, it offers a completely “crazy” novel. Papi Marioleby Benoît Philippon, is part of the selection of the prices of readers 2025.
It is the story of an old gentleman who escaped from his nursing home. Former hitman, he only remembers one thing: he has one last mission to accomplish. But which one? It is impossible for him to remember it.
“It’s Punchy, it’s great!” “Exclaims the bookseller. “They are unforgettable characters and it is a real black comedy of know-how”.
In the footsteps of Alexandra David-Neel
Make way for travel and discoveries with Alexandra David-Neelof Jeanne Maskils of the Philippis.
The author has traveled in the footsteps of the largest explorer of the 20e Century and first Western woman to have entered Lhassa, the capital of Tibet, then prohibited to foreigners at that time.
To achieve this, she “disguised as a Tibetan beggar. It was in 1924. She was a great lady who continued to inspire long -term women, ”says Geneviève.
Alexandra David-Neel was also a singer, journalist, feminist, Buddhist and anarchist.
On the way to Cairo … or not
Direction Cairo of the 1980s with What I know about youfrom Eric Chacour. It was his first novel and it took him fifteen years to complete it. “It is wonderfully well written. This is one of the revelations of last year, ”she enthuses.
Today, the work has received nearly 25 literary prizes. This story traces the story of a young doctor who seems to have a destiny already traced. However, he meets someone who upsets his way. A choice is offered to him: exile.
Elisabeth PIVIN
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