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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
039.00 DHThe portrayal of Stephen Dedalus’s Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art and his gradual emancipation from the claims of family, religion and Ireland itself, is also an oblique self-portrait of the young James Joyce and a universal testament to the artist’s ‘eternal imagination’. Both an insight into Joyce’s life and childhood, and a unique work of modernist fiction, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a novel of sexual awakening, religious rebellion and the essential search for voice and meaning that every nascent artist must face in order to fully come into themselves.
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A Christmas Carol
039.00 DHEbenezer Scrooge is unimpressed by Christmas. He has no time for festivities or goodwill toward his fellow men and is only interested in money. Then, on the night of Christmas Eve, his life is changed by a series of ghostly visitations that show him some bitter truths about his choices.A Christmas Carol is Dickens’ most influential book and a funny, clever and hugely enjoyable story.
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Pollyanna
039.00 DHWhen her father dies, Pollyanna is sent to live with her stern Aunt Polly. She is poor, orphaned and alone but Pollyanna just feels lucky to have an aunt at all. The truth is that her dear father, before he died, taught her a trick for life – the ‘Glad Game’ – the aim of which is to find the good in every bad situation. Before long, Pollyanna’s sunny outlook has brightened up the whole town. But when a horrible accident occurs can the Game save Pollyanna?
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Gulliver’s Travels
039.00 DHIn the course of his famous travels, Gulliver is captured by miniature people who wage war on each other because of religious disagreement over how to crack eggs, is sexually assaulted by giants, visits a floating island, and decides that the society of horses is better than that of his fellow man. Swift’s tough, filthy and incisive satire has much to say about the state of the world today and is presented here in its unexpurgated entirety.
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Tous des oiseaux
062.00 DHEperdument amoureux, Eitan et Wahida tentent de résister à la réalité historique à laquelle ils sont confrontés. Mais les choses tournent mal sur le pont Allenby, entre Israël et la Jordanie : victime d’une attaque terroriste, Eitan tombe dans le coma. C’est dans cet espace-temps suspendu qu’il reçoit la visite forcée de ses parents et de ses grands-parents, alors que les chagrins identitaires, le démon des détestations, les idéologies torses s’enflamment et que les oiseaux du malheur attaquent en piqué le coeur et la raison de chacun.
Que sait-on des secrets de sa famille, de quels revers de l’Histoire et de quelles violences sommes-nous tous les héritiers ? Si l’on naît dans le lit de notre ennemi, comment empêcher que l’hémoglobine en nos veines ne devienne une mine antipersonnel ? -
La Machine infernale – Pièce en 4 actes
059.00 DHObéissant à l’oracle, Oedipe résout l’énigme du Sphinx, tue son père et épouse sa mère. La peste s’abat sur Thèbes qui a couronné un inceste et un parricide. Quand un berger dévoile la vérité, la machine infernale des dieux explose. Oedipe se crève les yeux et sa mère se pend. S’inspirant du théâtre de Sophocle, Cocteau redonne vie aux grandes figures grecques : Oedipe, Jocaste, Antigone et Créon. Il philosophe en virtuose. Non, l’homme n’est pas libre. Il naît aveugle et les dieux règlent sa destinée. Même le héros, celui qui sort du rang, doit se soumettre. Ce grand texte dit tout sur l’homme avec infiniment d’humour et de poésie.
