The Friedland brothers have nothing in common. Martin is a priest with no faith. Ivan is an artist with no integrity. Eric is a financier - now, with no money. Each, in their own way, a fake. Each about to step into the abyss....

Measuring the World marks the debut of a glorious new talent on the international scene. Young Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann's brilliant comic novel revolves around the meeting of two colossal geniuses of the Enlightenment.Late in the eighteenth century, two young Germans set out to measure the wo...

Imagine being famous. Being recognized on the street, adored by people who have never even met you, known the world over. Wouldnt that be great? But what if, one day, you got stuck in a country where celebrity means nothing, where no one spoke your language and you didnt speak theirs, where no one ...

Avec cette fresque historique géniale et décalée, Daniel Kehlmann réinvente la légende de Till l'Espiègle, figure incontournable de la culture européenne, et nous plonge au coeur de la Guerre de Trente Ans (1618-1648). Suite à la condamnation de son père pour sorcellerie, Tyll Ulespiègle fuit son vi...

Cet été-là, les trois frères Friedland courent après le temps. Quelques semaines avant que la grande crise économique de 2008 n'éclate, les jumeaux Iwan et Eric, mais aussi leur demi-frère Martin, redoutent le krach intime. Mensonges, méprises, subterfuges, angoisses et psychotropes - Daniel Kehlman...

Roman sur deux scientifiques allemands excentriques, devenu le plus grand succès en Allemagne depuis Le Parfum de Süskind. "... ce que Gabriel García Márquez aurait pu écrire s'il était né à Stuttgart", selon un critique anglais....

Comment devient-on magicien ? Voici l'histoire d'un jeune homme qui découvre son talent et se voue tout entier à lui. Mais la vie de l'illusionniste sera bouleversée le jour où il réussira son plus grand tour. Daniel Kehlmann joue brillamment avec la frontière mouvante et fascinante entre le monde ...

Au funérarium de Princeton, la veuve et quelques proches se réunissent autour du cercueil de Kurt Gödel, le grand mathématicien américain d'origine autrichienne. Après Les Arpenteurs du monde, Daniel Kehlmann, dans cette pièce de théâtre, s'inspire à nouveau du monde des sciences pour relater dans u...

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From the internationally best-selling author of Measuring the World and F, an eerie and supernatural tale of a writer's emotional collapse "It is fitting that I'm beginning a new notebook up here. New surroundings and new ideas, a new beginning. Fresh air." This passage is from the first entry of ...

A thrilling exploration of psychological disturbance and fear from the bestselling and prize-winning author of Measuring the World. On retreat in the wintry Alps with his family, a writer is optimistic about completing the sequel to his breakthrough film. Nothing to disturb him except the wind whis...

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Measuring the World marks the debut of a glorious new talent on the international scene. Young Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann's brilliant comic novel revolves around the meeting of two colossal geniuses of the Enlightenment.Late in the eighteenth century, two young Germans set out to measure the wo...

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Sebastian Zollner, a failing art critic, has pinned his hopes of advancement on writing the biography of the artist Kaminski, a former pupil of Matisse, now an ailing recluse. Inept and charmless, Zollner's efforts to unlock the secrets of Kaminski's life lead him to embark on a series of increasing...