Hachette Antoine/Novel

Juliana is not a woman for everyone, nor simply a saint. She is a city. She is conscience. She is the silent force that speaks when it must, carefully choosing whom to address. It is enough to touch her grave, to caress her spirit,...

We apologize in advance to the readers of this collection for not beginning to read this novel. We apologize that this wretched novel is not for general audiences. The writer here is capricious. She decided not to finish and didn't leave her character in...

Pain has its threshold. Madness has its threshold. Love and homelands have their thresholds. And happiness is playful. Don't Egyptians believe in "changing the threshold" to rid themselves of bad luck and misery? The threshold... vast is that which separates two worlds, and the...

Everyone is running. Men and women, lovers, the happy, the miserable, the hesitant—they are all running. They quicken their pace, never looking back. I am a worn wooden pew in a Chicago church, so isolated, that I have been numbed by the weight of...

This novel is about the moles who live among us, each in their own burrow of affliction. The girl wronged by her family, deceived by her lover, and rejected by her society. Her daughter, the fruit of that cursed love. The young man who...

The face of absence is ugly. Margaret is gone, leaving only a photograph. Illness took her one morning, and she never returned. Faced with the tragedy of departure, all that remains is a wall against which to bang your head until it bleeds. You...

Happy Yemen is no longer happy. But the stagnant waters have stirred, even if they have become whirlpools. Films have awakened after a long slumber, regaining their fervent spirit, and others have been released, pulsating with a joy that once again stirs me in...

Can we escape the grip of the homelands that dwell within us and pursue us for our guests? From those educated cells we inherit with all their burdens? How do we cast off the shackles of subservience to traditions deeply rooted in time? Sarah...

Her authentic experience, spanning three generations of women, is contained within a single volume, all grappling with bipolar disorder and depression. Each woman has lived a turbulent life, oscillating between the roles of hero and victim. Despite its somber subject matter, the author delves...

We are all grieving, men and women alike. Bereavement makes no distinction between men and women, but there is a grief that passes by unnoticed, forgotten in the hustle and bustle of our lives, and there is a grief that clings to the walls...

Love is fertile ground for confusion, misfortune, and obscurity. In that vast, deadly space, some clear stories are cut short before they can take root, others are denied a dignified ending, and still others tend to defy categorization. Betrayed lovers swallow their bitterness helplessly....

His face came to me, black and blurred, with only a sharp stare and a knife scar etched on his cheek. Damn that knife! Is it still there, embedded in my memory? And my hand? Don't they still tremble whenever I recall the moment...

Between the quiet days in the apartment complex and the abrupt transition to the bustling city, crime is discussed. This novel returns to New York and continues in that vein, but it also offers glimpses into life during the war. In this classic Lebanese...

For those who read between the lines, the profile pages of a New York magazine might hold the threat of death. And why not, if the killer is a seasoned assassin with a penchant for dancing with his victims? In that crazy city, anything...

Ronald Thompson knows perfectly well that he didn't kill Nina Peterson, but everyone around him is convinced otherwise. After all, he will be executed. Only an admission of guilt will appease Steve, the husband of a player, and calm the anguish of Nell, her...

A mysterious silence envelops the tranquil beach at the foot of the cliff. A stillness disturbed only by glimpses of a bygone era and the voices of spirits lost for centuries. Minley sees and hears them, or so she believes. Is she still reeling...

No, he wasn't kidnapping me. And he'll tell you why. Let me introduce myself first: My name is Frederick Chase, Detective at the innovative Pinkerton Agency. My mission? To find all of Prince Defreux and put a stop to the activities of that criminal...

"A famous celebrity was killed after falling from her store, having agreed to a suicide bombing." That was the headline in the local shops that frosty morning. "The victim allegedly had a history of mental illness, but the scenario didn't convince Yakha, so he...

The Chain Adrian McKinty     Like any parent on any given morning, Rachel Klein dropped her daughter off at the bus stop and went about her day. But a call from an unknown number on her cell phone changed everything. The caller was...

London, November 1890. When Edmund Carsters, one of the most famous art dealers, felt his life was in danger, it was only natural for him to seek the help of Sherlock Holmes. Faced with the lack of evidence, they were forced to suspend their...