Bøger af Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Lorsque j'étais une oeuvre d'art est un livre sans équivalent dans l'histoire de la littérature, même si c'est un roman contemporain sur le contemporain. Il raconte le calvaire d'un homme qui devient son propre corps, un corps refaçonné en oeuvre d'art au mépris de tout respect pour son humanité. Malléable, transformable, il n'est plus qu'un corps sans âme entre les mains d'un esprit diabolique dont le génie tient avant tout à son manque de scrupule.Michel Meyer, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt,ou les Identités bouleversées.

From one of the world's biggest selling authors comes another million-copy worldwide bestseller: A beautiful and tender fable seen through the eyes of a Jewish child living in Belgium under the Nazi occupation. Isn't it time you discovered Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt?

The international bestselling story collection. ';Truth and beauty are here brought together with all the visual beauty and power of a major literary work' (Lire Magazine, France). A cast of extravagant and affecting characters lovingly portrayed by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt animates these eight contemporary fables about people in search of happiness. One of Europes most popular and bestselling authors, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt captivates the reader with his spirited style and enchanting stories that move effortlessly from the everyday to the fantastical. The eight stories in this collection, his first to be published in English, represent his best and most imaginative storylines: from the touching and surprising love story between Balthazar, a wealthy author, and Odette, a shop clerk, to the tale of a barefooted princess; from the moving title story about a group of female prisoners in a Soviet gulag to the entertaining portrait of a perennially disgruntled perfectionist. Behind each story lies a simple, if elusive, truth: though we may be frequently blind to it, happiness is often right in front of our eyes.

Celebrated short-story writer, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's (The Most Beautiful Book in the World) first full-length novel to appear in English is a literary tour de force, a magnificent cathedral of contemporary eroticism.The Carousel of Desire is a sexual and romantic saga told with a master storyteller's feel for character and plot and a philosopher's abiding preoccupation with what makes life truly worthwhile. With tenderness and infectious delight, Schmitt tells an exuberant tale about class and community and about the vastness of human experience. Schmitt's love of coincidence and serendipity is surpassed only by his affection for his flawed, all-too-human characters: Zachary Bidermann, the powerful European Union commissioner; Faustina, the fashionable book publicist; Franois-Maxime de Couvigne, the happily married banker with more than a few secrets; Marcelle, enamored with a handsome illegal immigrant; Miss Beauvert, who makes love with her parrot, Copernicus. These and many more unforgettable characters animate this story of simmering desire and the antics of the mischievous and playful god, Eros.Schmitt's inclusive, affirming vision of human sexuality is refreshingly free of moral judgement, yet enriched by an understanding of the complex ethics of human relationships and the redemptive power of love.

Internationally acclaimed play of cross-cultural friendship

The English translations of four of the plays of Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, France's most successful contemporary playwright. The work includes: "Don Juan on Trial"; "The Visitor"; "Enigma Variations" and "The Space Between Two Worlds", a metaphysical comedy set in the "Two Worlds Hotel".

With over 1 million copies sold worldwide, this tender and uplifting tale of a boy coming to terms with death has become an international publishing phenomenon: 'Funny, moving and uplifting.' Woman & Home

Odette Toulemonde er en af bogens kvindeportrætter. Ekspeditricen, millionøsen, den demente, den forsmåede, stærke kvinder og svage kvinder, alle søger de lykken, og Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt tager dem kærligt under behandling. Bogens sidste novelle handler kollektivt om kvinder i Gulag, som på snedig vis får videregivet deres kærlighed til deres børn.