First publication in English of France's most successful contemporary playwright
Don Juan on Trial: 'Brilliant dialogue' (Le Figaro); The Visitor: 'An overwhelming triumph ...a masterpiece' (Paris Match); 'Sharp, biting, unexpected and cunning' Le Figaro; Enigma Variations: 'Schmitt...writes with extreme cunning...a brilliant author' (Le Monde); 'Simple, shattering and witty. A play full of surprises' (L'Express); Between Worlds: Schmitt's eighth play is a metaphysical comedy set in the 'Two Worlds Hotel', where those in a coma come to stay while their medical dramas unfold back...
First publication in English of France's most successful contemporary playwright
Don Juan on Trial: 'Brilliant dialogue' (Le Figaro); The Vis...
Internationally acclaimed play of cross-cultural friendship
Paris in the 1960s. Thirteen-year-old Moses lives in the shadow of his less-than loving father. When he's caught stealing from wise old shopkeeper Monsieur Ibrahim, he discovers an unlikely friend and a whole new world. Together they embark on a journey that takes them from the streets of Paris to the whirling dervishes of the Golden Crescent. This delightful, moving play has already been a huge hit in Paris and New York. Performed in thirteen countries and published in twelve languages, it is also an award-winning film...
Internationally acclaimed play of cross-cultural friendship
Paris in the 1960s. Thirteen-year-old Moses lives in the shadow of his less-than ...
Paris in den 60er Jahren: Momo, gerade 13 Jahre alt, findet nach dem Tod seines Vaters in dem Ladenbesitzer Monsieur Ibrahim, dem Araber an der Ecke, einen frsorgenden Freund. Eine Geschichte vom Erwachsenwerden und vom berwinden der Grenzen zwischen Kulturen und Religionen.
Paris in den 60er Jahren: Momo, gerade 13 Jahre alt, findet nach dem Tod seines Vaters in dem Ladenbesitzer Monsieur Ibrahim, dem Araber an der Ecke, ...
Schmitts nach Monsieur Ibrahim zweiter groer Bucherfolg erzhlt die anrhrende Geschichte des todkranken zehnjhrigen Oscar. Mamie-Rose, die alte Dame in Rosa, schlgt ihm vor, an Gott zu schreiben. Von nun an ist fr Oscar jeder Tag, der noch bleibt, ein ganzes Jahrzehnt: Er erlebt Kindheit, Pubertt, erste Liebe, das Erwachsensein, das Alter, berichtet Gott in seinen Briefen davon und stirbt am Ende mde und erschpft.
Schmitts nach Monsieur Ibrahim zweiter groer Bucherfolg erzhlt die anrhrende Geschichte des todkranken zehnjhrigen Oscar. Mamie-Rose, die alte Dame in...
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is the author of three luminous collections of short stories published by Europa Editions, including the bestselling "Most Beautiful Book in the World," and one novel, "Three Women in a Mirror." His subject in these stories rarely changes: What is happiness and how to we attain it? In this latest collection, two young lovers secretly love the child they will never be able to have; an esteemed physician and survivor of the Nazi concentration camps finds inner peace thanks to the love of a faithful dog; a man loves his wife through the memories of her first husband;...
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is the author of three luminous collections of short stories published by Europa Editions, including the bestselling "Most Beaut...
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...
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...
