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2000 2015
2000-2015 Bestsellers without borders! Out of 349 books published 75% (259 TITLES) ON TO THE BESTSELLER LIST MADE IT
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Christian Jacq 27 Million copies in the world 29 languages
Guillaume Musso 22 Million copies in the world 38 languages
José Frèches 1.6 Million copies in France 23 languages
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Romain Sardou 1.8 Million copies in France 18 languages
Leila 895 000 copies in the world 21 languages
Souad 2.3 Million copies in the world 36 languages
contents foreign rights list Guillaume Musso
This Very Instant Bernard Minier
A Hell of a Story Christian Jacq
Setna. The Magician’s Mysteries Mireille Calmel
One Last Kiss before the Silence Anne Plichota & Cendrine Wolf
Tugdual V.2 : Servants of the Order Francis Collomp
The Escape Nicolas et Damien Delmer
Brothers Until The Last Breath Morgane Seliman
Love Put to Death Max Gallo
Machiavelli and Savonarola Nicolas Vanier
Of Dogs and Snow. The Wild Odyssey Gérard Depardieu
It Just Happened Like That
Guillaume Musso
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This Very Instant L’instant présent After the amazing success of Central Park and its 800,000 copies sold. A DIZZYING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER WITH A STAGGERING ENDING. Lisa and Arthur can only see each other one time per year. He spends his life looking for her… … she spends hers waiting. Lisa dreams of becoming an actress. She works in a bar in Manhattan to pay her way through acting school. One evening she meets Arthur Costello, a young ER doctor. They have an immediate connection.
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Lisa will do anything to seduce him. In a city full of relentless mazes she risks everything. But Arthur is not like other men. He soon reveals to Lisa the terrible truth that prevents him from loving her: “What is happening is inconceivable yet true…”
374 P. PUBLISHED MARCH 26, 2015 PARTIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE
In a New York more unpredictable than ever, Arthur and Lisa couple their destinies in order to escape from the traps set by the most ruthless of enemies: time.
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GUILLAUME MUSSO is a phenomenon. Through his twelve novels, translated the world over, this 40-year-old has conquered the hearts of millions of readers, and has imposed an original style, where suspense and emotion are closely woven together.
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12 bestsellers in 12 years! MORE THAN 22 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE THE #1 BESTSELLING FRENCH NOVELIST FOR 4 YEARS STRAIGHT*
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medias Praise for Guillaume Musso in France… “Astonishing.” LE PARISIEN “Musso’s style is as effective and cinematic as ever.” LE POINT “Central Park has everything it needs to be a best-seller. (…) 400 exciting pages! (…) an exceptional vintage.” RTL “Guillaume Musso succeeds once again in surprising us. (…) Central Park keeps you holding your breath up to the last page. An adventure lasting less than 24 hours, with a few flash-backs and an end as unexpected as our desire to solve the mystery!” FRANCE INFO “Guillaume Musso confirms his true talent as a storyteller.” TV MAG/LE FIGARO “Fascination ensues. We dive into the ‘Musso mystery’ like children jumping into puddles with both feet at once.” LE PARISIEN
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medias … and abroad! “A little mysterious, a lot romantic and plenty entertaining.” COSMOPOLITAN (UK) “Passion, mystery and fantasy: the composition of Guillaume Musso’s novels.” LA REPPUBLICA (Italy) “A fantastic thriller that I couldn’t put down.” FLAIR (NETHERLANDS) “Riveting and full of emotion.” ELLE (Germany) “ Smoothly and efficiently written. [Musso] tackles major subjects with great narrative tension.” DZIENNIK (Poland) “Musso’s books have everything to be successful: an original plot, a unique style, strong and vivid characters.” METRO (Russia) “A novel that measures up to the readers’ standards and wishes.” SISA TIMES (South Korea) Visit Guillaume Musso on Facebook and on http://www.guillaumemusso.com
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Bernard Minier A Hell of a Story
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Une putain d’histoire A NEW NIGHTMARE BEGINS! BERNARD MINIER INVITES HIMSELF INTO YOUR NIGHTS. “I will never go back to the island. Even if Jennifer Lawrence herself came to my door and begged me to go back, I wouldn’t do it. I might as well tell you right away: what I am going to tell you will seem incredible. This isn’t an ordinary story, I told him. That is for sure. It is a hell of a story. Yeah…a hell of a story…. Now a visual to put you, as we say, in the mood: a hand emerges from the deep, reaching towards the sky, pale, fingers spread, before finally sinking into the FIRST sea. The sea wind howling around me, PRINT the rain and the sea spray stinging me as I swim away from this spectral RUN: 50,000 hand – as I swim, or try to swim, COPIES! being lifted, carried by the waves, the three meter dips, the foaming crests, toward the tip of the island, coughing, gasping and shivering -half drowned.”
538 P. TO BE PUBLISHED APRIL 23, 2015 PARTIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE
Bernard Minier was born in Béziers and grew up in southwestern France. He now lives near Paris and writes full-time.
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Temporarily abandoning the commander Martin Servaz, Bernard Minier delves into a universe where danger is not where we think and intimacy is an illusion…he brilliantly tells us a dark and tension filled story… A Hell of a Story.
BERNARD MINIER’S NOVELS PROVE HIM TO BE A MASTER OF OPPRESSIVE ATMOSPHERES AND GRIPPING PLOTLINES!
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HI S PREVI OU S BE STS E L L E RS
Iced
The Circle
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In the Pyrenees, the body of a headless horse is found with traces of DNA belonging to the infamously dangerous serial killer, currently locked away in a neighboring psychiatric hospital. A few days later, the first human victim is found.
A surprise phone call from the past, a mysterious email, both signs that the most twisted of all serial killers may be back…
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Don’t Turn out the light N’éteins pas la lumière
What happens when someone takes control of your life and your relationships? And what is hiding in the darkness? Don’t turn out the lights… and if you do, prepare for the worst!
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SETNA the Magician’s Mysteries
Christian Jacq
AN EGYPTIAN THRILLER! V.1: The Cursed Tomb (La Tombe maudite)
PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 6, 2014 • 288P. PARTIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE
• 9 WEEKS ON THE BESTSELLER LIST! • 125,000 COPIES!
AN INTRICATE WEB IN THE COURT OF RAMSES II. Hidden in its cursed tomb, Osiris’ vase, the most precious of treasures that holds the secret of life and death, is deemed inaccessible. A black mage has nonetheless stolen it and plans to use it as a powerful weapon against Ramses the Great and establish the Kingdom of Darkness. Setna, who is none other than Ramses the Great’s youngest son, is a brilliant magician. He will have to find the famous vase and stop the black mage, with the help of Sekhet who he happens to be madly in love with.
V. 2: The Forbidden Book (Le Livre interdit) PUBLISHED JANUARY 29, 2015 • 288P.
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Photo © Françoise Jacq
WILL LOVE BE STRONG ENOUGH TO FOIL THE EVIL PLOT? Prince Setna must go to the capital to interrogate his father about the disappearance of Osiris’ sealed vase, which contains the secret of life and death. But the path to its recovery is riddled with danger and there is no guarantee that the Pharaoh will accept to tell him the truth. Setna nonetheless has a mission to accomplish: obtain the forbidden Book of Thot, which is the only way to stop the thief, a black mage with fatal designs. At the same time, Setna’s fiancé Sekhet has been in hiding ever since her father made a terrible revelation to her and has since wanted to kill her. Undercover at a farmer’s home, she will once again be forced to flee to escape her executioners. Will Sekhet be able to transmit the terrible secret she holds to Setna? All the while the black mage is making his way down the path of evil…
Les Enquêtes de Setna
HISTORICAL S E RIE S IN 4 VOL UM E S
V.3: The Soul Thief (Le Voleur d’âmes) PUBLISHED MARCH 19, 2015, 288P.
DANGER IN THE COURT OF RAMSES II Prince Setna has just escaped from the river where the Gods had thrown him for having stolen the Forbidden Book. While all believe he is dead, Setna makes his way towards the sacred city of the Cat-Goddess where he hopes to find the vase of Osiris, without which he cannot stop the black mage. Meanwhile Sekhet is hiding in the temple of the Lion Goddess, the patron saint of physicians. She is aware that time is running out and that they must fight together against the Darkness. Nonetheless, and in spite of all warnings, she stays within reach of the black mage, her father, who, with the help of his Syrian network, is preparing a vast offensive against Ramses. Separated and distraught, how can Setna and Sekhet continue to fight against the relentless progress of the mage?
V.4: Clash of the Magi (Le Duel des mages) TO BE PUBLISHED MAY 21, 2015
AN EXPLOSIVE ENDING After many trials and tribulations Setna and Seket are finally reunited. Together they will be on equal grounds in their fight against Evil and RIGHTS SOLD the dreaded black mage Kekou. But Kekou IN 2 COUNTRIES: has hidden the vase of Osiris in a place as • Planeta (Spain) unexpected as it is inaccessible. He knows the • Euromedia danger that the union of the prince and his own (Czech Republic) daughter represents: Kekou will do anything to destroy this hope and thwart their reunion… In this staggering final, Setna must fight his last combat against Kekou. Will Kekou’s devilry prevent Setna from finally uniting with Seket? More than ever Setna and Seket will have to use all their powers, because if the mage is able to transform Osiris’ vase into a weapon of destruction, all will be lost. A breathtaking combat where cunning, intelligence and magic clash.
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• CHRISTIAN JACQ’S WORKS ARE TRANSLATED IN 29 LANGAGES • 27 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE!
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Mireille Calmel
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One Last Kiss before the Silence Un dernier baiser avant le silence THE LAST AND FINAL VOLUME THAT MASTERFULLY ENDS MIREILLE CALMEL’S SAGA ABOUT ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE AND RICHARD THE LIONHEART. 1204: John Lackland, who holds absolute rule over England, decides to erase every memory of his brother, the illustrious and deceased Richard the Lionheart. One woman, however, remembers. Eloin Rudel, the high priestess of Avalon, who was his hidden companion and the mother of his children. Concealed in the heart of the Broceliande Forest with her daughter and hounded by John as a witch, she is determined to reveal the truth about her dealings with Saladin, the legend of the Holy Grail, her encounter with Merlin, John’s plots and the death of Richard. A testimony that brings new and unexpected light to the events as written by her mother, Loanna of Grimwald. A testimony that might just be her last chance of survival against John, at a time when, in Fontevalt, the great Eleanor is trying to perpetuate Plantagenet rule by marrying her granddaughter Blanche de Castile to the French heir.
• 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD OF THE SERIES! • SOLD IN 14 LANGUAGES!
MIREILLE CALMEL Born in 1964, has been writing since she the age of eight. Like many authors, her writing career started discreetly, with songs, short stories, plays. Then, she took several years to write her first novel, Eleanor’s Bed (XO, 2002), the success of which was like a fairytale come true for Mireille. She has published a total of 9 novels with XO, all of which have been best-sellers. Mireille lives in the Aquitaine region with her husband and two children.
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TO BE PUBLISHED MAY 7, 2015
Anne Plichota & Cendrine Wolf
FAN TASY S E RIE S IN 3 VOL UM E S
Tugdual V.2 : Servants of the Order Photo ©Yury Toroptsov / Photo12.com
Les serviteurs de l’Ordre
THE WORSE THING THAT COULD HAPPEN TO THEM IS TO FALL IN LOVE. A thrilling second volume of the Tugdual series, a new creation from the authors of Oksa Pollock. On each page a dark and unexpected danger awaits these fascinating heroes of a new genre. Since they settled in Serendipity, a small town in the southern United States, the Cobbs have done everything possible to seem like an ordinary family. In spite of the pain at having lost one of their own, Tugdual, Zoe and Mortimer have managed rather well to dissimulate their powers. To control the irresistible and evil attraction that they provoke on others the three teens make a deal with the ultra-secret organization of the Germinal Hand. However, while they pursue their vigilante missions for the organization, they discover that there are a lot more members than they had originally thought. This invisible omnipresence seems to be surrounding them. Who should they trust? What is the real purpose of the organization? And above all: will Tugdual, Zoe and Mortimer be able to protect the ones they love?
Contrary to what they think, their deadly powers are perhaps not the most serious threat to their loved ones.
IN 3 VOLUMES 336 P. TO BE PUBLISHED APRIL 9, 2015
ALREADY 25,000 COPIES OF V.1!
V.1 : The Black Hearts (Tugdual – V1: Les Cœurs noirs) PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2014, 416P PARTIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION
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Three teenagers, Tugdual, Mortimer and Zoe, find refuge in Serendipity, a small town in the United States. They try to live a normal life but it is not always so easy because they have secret powers that they must hide at all costs: they exert an irresistible and fatal attraction on others. In spite of their caution, they will soon discover that someone has nevertheless discovered their secret. They don’t know who it is, nor if he or she is friend or foe….
“Their new fantasy series is written for young adults and those who love spooky romance and the frightening supernatural” JE BOUQUINE “A dark hero that young readers should love” LE PARISIEN https://www.facebook.com/LesChroniquesDeTugdual
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Francis Collomp
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The Escape L’évasion HOSTAGE BY JIHADISTS IN NIGERIA. HE STOOD UP TO HIS JAILERS. DURING 11 MONTHS, HE HAD ONLY THOUGHT: TO ESCAPE. A shocking testimonial. A lesson of extraordinary courage.
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“It’s 6:00pm. I hear the call for prayer. My heart is racing in my chest. It’s now or never. A single mistake and they massacre me…”
For eleven months, sixty-three-year-old Francis Collomp is kept hostage by Ansaru jihadists in northern Nigeria. The French engineer loses nearly ninety pounds. He witnesses the violence of his kidnappers. On December 19, 2012, the day of his abduction from his home in Rimi, the terrorists lead an assault using explosives.
293 P. PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 19, 2015 PARTIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE
During his detention, Francis Collomp knows that he can be killed at any moment. He does not believe he will be freed. He relies solely on his own strength, and thinks of only one thing: escape. For months he faces cold, fear, fatigue, rats. To prepare, he walks over six miles per day around his mattress. He perfects escape plans, detects flaws, tries to put his jailers to sleep. At 6:00 pm on November 16, 2013, he risks everything to escape his abductors. For the first time, Francis Collomp is recounting his incredible victory over the jihadists.
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A book that also takes us behind the scenes of the investigation simultaneously led by the French secret service.
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“A compelling story.” LE FIGARO “His story is worthy of an adventure novel. (…) A lesson in courage.” FRANCE 2 “A outstanding testimony.” RTL
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Nicolas et Damien Delmer
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Brothers Until The Last Breath Frères jusqu’au dernier souffle AN ESSENTIAL DOCUMENT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DEBATE AROUND THE RIGHT TO DIE WITH DIGNITY. Twin brothers Damien and Nicolas Delmer have been fighting the incurable and degenerative disease cystic fibrosis since childhood. They were told that they would not live beyond seventeen…they are now thirty-five. In spite of the pain and fragility of their gaunt bodies, these two brothers who love life fight to enjoy their existence through painting, writing, swimming and even parachuting. The idea of dying in disgraceful conditions when their day to day life becomes unbearable revolts them. Without transplants they risk death by suffocation and asphyxiation.
223 P. PUBLISHED JANUARY 29, 2015
In order to live life to the fullest Damien and Nicolas simply ask that the law allow them to die in peace. If this right is not granted and one of them finds himself in a life-threatening situation, the other would not hesitate to help him die. A pact between brothers, united until the very last breath.
A moving testimony, this book written with two voices is a lesson in courage and a hymn to life.
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Morgane Seliman
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Love Put to Death L’amour mis à mort THE MOVING TESTIMONY OF MORGAN, A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. He called her “my love” and told her she was the most beautiful of all women. At 24 years old Morgane had finally found love. She was convinced: no other man could love her as much. They lived their love affair at 100 mph. Soulmates, Bonnie and Clyde….until the day that Morgane discovers she is pregnant. Rather than rejoice, her partner seems indifferent. He tells her it is her choice: keep the baby or abort. In reality, he finds Morgan’s decision to become a mother unbearable. At their son’s birth his gaze becomes crazy, hard. He becomes more and more violent. He decides to make Morgane his slave. He blames her for everything, hits her daily. Soon he plans his “punishments” in in terrifying countdown. Morgan plunges into hell, unable to react. One Sunday he beats her up in front of their son. This time she feels as though he could kill her. After four years under his control she finally finds the courage to call the police and turn in her torturer. Today in a shocking book, Morgane Seliman tells her story: the craziness, the violence, the imprisonment. She wants to speak for all those who haven’t yet found the courage to do so, to explain how, with help from associations, she was able to escape from hell.
Like Morgane, one out of ten women in France is victim of domestic violence. Every fifteen days three women die at the hands of their companions.
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PUBLISHED APRIL 9, 2015
Max Gallo
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Machiavelli and Savonarola Machiavel et Savonarole TWO EXCEPTIONAL DESTINIES THAT PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN AND ENLIGHTEN THE HISTORY OF EUROPE. At the turn of the 16th century the world is fascinated by the city of Florence. The Republic, under the rule of the Medici, is envied for its prosperity, its splendor but also its intrigues. Two men, who are polar opposites, seek to assert themselves in the city through the domination of consciousness. The first, Girolamo Savonarola, is a hot-tempered Dominican preacher who claims he receives messages from God. He fills the churches and calls for the ‘bonfire of the vanities’, the burning of jewelry, perfume and card games. This new master of Florence forces the Medici out of the city until the day he is excommunicated by the Pope. He ends up tortured, hanged and burnt. Conversely, Niccolo Machiavelli is cold, prudent and calculating. After Savonarola’s execution this former Secretary of the Seigneur, who the Medici are no les suspicious of, attempts to enter into the enchanted circle of power through use of a formidable weapon: his pen. Machiavelli dedicates his essay, “The Prince” to Lorenzo de’ Medici. Machiavellianism is born – or the art of acquiring and preserving power by “the cunning of the fox” and “the force of the lion”.
Max Gallo paints a portrait of these two major forces of the Medici era.
368 P. PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 12, 2015
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HIS WORKS HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED IN 15 COUNTRIES!
Photo © Richard Schroeder
MAX GALLO has always been at the forefront of his career as a novelist, essay writer and historian. With a degree in History, a PhD in Literature, and having taught for a long time, he is the author of many novels and biographies. He became a member of the Académie Française in 2007. Among his publications with XO are: the series on the 2WW, as well as the biographies of Victor Hugo, Julius Caesar and Louis XIV which have been hugely successful.
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Nicolas Vanier
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Of Dogs and Snow The Wild Odyssey
Avec mes chiens. L’Odyssée sauvage 6,000 KM THROUGH MONGOLIA, CHINA AND SIBERIA. After The White Odyssey and The Siberian Odyssey, which sold over 200,000 copies, Nicolas Vanier has released a new great adventure: The Wild Odyssey.
In order to reach Lake Baikal, Nicolas and his dogs have to face thousands of difficulties and solve just as many problems such as enduring an average temperature of -50 °C, bearing terrible blizzards in the frozen stretches, avoiding numerous pitfalls in the ice, maintaining the good health of his dogs...
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A dangerous adventure that is interspersed with fantastic encounters with the trappers, fishermen and nomads who continue to live in perfect harmony with nature and mythical animals such as the Manchurian tiger and the snow leopard. And, above all, a unique bond is developed between Nicolas and his dogs. The passion that enabled them to achieve this unprecedented exploit is at the heart of this fabulous expedition.
352 P. PUBLISHED OCTOBER 16, 2014 PARTIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE
SOLD IN 2 COUNTRIES: • Piper/Malik (Germany) • Hemiro (Russia)
NICOLAS VANIER When he is not off exploring the Arctic, Nicolas Vanier lives in the Loire Valley with his wife and two children. He is the author of many travel books and adventure novels, amongst which Gold in the Snow is currently being adapted for the big screen. His six previous books published by XO have all been best-sellers.
“Madly in love with the Far North.” MADAME FIGARO “The story of an outstanding friendship and bond between the dogs and their musher.” LE MONDE “More than just a story, it is a true guide, a box of dreams, in which we learn how to build a log cabin, to sled and to protect ourselves from -50° cold.” ANNA GALVADA, ELLE
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Photo © Nicolas Vanier
Ravenous lover of the Far North, Nicolas Vanier takes us on an extraordinary adventure through the wildest of territories, from the Pacific coast of Siberia, through China and Mongolia to the frozen banks of Lake Baikal.
Gérard Depardieu
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It Just Happened Like That Ça s’est fait comme ça FOR THE FIRST TIME, FRANCE’S MOST FAMOUS ACTOR REVEALES HIS INNER VOICE.
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A unique destiny, a powerful artist, a free-thinking man that these words unveil with accuracy, strength and modesty A superb and extravagant artist, Gerard Depardieu has been driven by his inner voice since childhood. It dictates his life, his choices, his way of being and his way of seeing the world. It is this voice, and its absolute sincerity, that this book was able to capture for the first time. From the very first page he opens his soul to us, we penetrate into his inner monologue and are thus able to see the world through his eyes. The eyes of a child who should not have been born, that the school system rejected, who had nothing to lose because he had nothing, and who has spent his life forcing fate. A hoodlum at 14 who became an actor by pure chance, Gérard Depardieu constructed his life as a free man, without prejudice nor ties, ignoring the codes, going wherever he wanted and enjoying the sunshine on the way.
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176 P. PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2, 2014 PARTIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE
SOLD IN 9 COUNTRIES Germany • Italy • Hungary • Czech Republic • Slovakia • Russia • Serbia • Bulgaria • Slovenia
GÉRARD DEPARDIEU, born in 1948, comes from a modest background. After a turbulent youth, in which he trifled with crime, he discovered a passion for theater. Discovered in 1974 in the film Going Places, he is cast in roles all over the world with the most celebrated directors. A cinema superstar, he has received two Cesars for Best Actor and an Oscar in 1991 for his role in Cyrano de Bergerac. He is also a film and theater producer, a businessman and a winemaker. In 2013 he obtained Russian citizenship.
“(…) A book shaped into short intense chapters where the voice of Depardieu rings out, with all its contradictions, outspokenness, bad faith, graceful moments and loss of equilibrium.” LE POINT “170 thundering pages, at times provocative, tender and moving. We find Depardieu engrained in the text, so much so that we believe we can hear him while turning the pages.” RTL “A magnificent book. It is told without a shade of malice (…) and with a sort of indifference and faith in life.” EUROPE 1 “It is a confession, an autobiography, and above all a shock. This testimony is written with remarkable candor.” TF1 EVENING TV NEWS RETOUR AU SOMMAIRE
acquisitions
Adult Titles Amanda Filipacchi
Brad Meltzer
Agent Kasper & Luigi Carletti
Shin Kyung-Sook
• The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty. To be published by XO in May 2015
• The Book of Fate / Mort avec retour. Published by XO in January 2009
• Supernotes. Published by XO in May 2014 • Please, Take Care of Mom / Prends soin de maman. Published by Oh ! in March Antonia Hodgson 2010 • The Devil and the Marshalsea. To be published by XO in May 2015 Rula Jebreal • Miral. Published by Oh ! in May 2010
Rachel Joyce
• The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Published by XO in Sep. 2012 • Perfect / Deux secondes de trop. Published by XO in Feb. 2014 • The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. To be published by XO in June 2015
Mitch Albom
• Have a Little Faith / Le Vieil Homme qui m’a appris la vie. Published by Oh ! in Oct. 2009 • For One More Day / Pour un jour de plus. Published by Oh ! in Oct. 2006 • The Five People You Meet in Heaven / Les Cinq Personnes que j’ai rencontrées là-haut. Published by Oh ! in May 2004
Katherine Howe
• The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane / L’Ensorcelée de Salem. Published by XO in April 2010
Donald Mc Caig
• Rhett Butler’s People / Le Clan Rhett Butler. Published by Oh ! in Oct. 2007
Kathleen McGowan
Allen & Sandra Parton
• Endal. Published by Oh ! in Dec. 2010
Greg Kincaid
• A Dog Named Christmas / Un chien pour Noël. Published by Oh ! in Nov. 2009
Kurt Cobain
• Journal / Le Journal de Kurt Cobain. Published by Oh ! in Nov. 2002
Mimi Alford
• Once upon a Story / Une singulière histoire d’amour. Published by Oh ! in Feb. 2012
Rebecca James
• Beautiful Malice / La Beauté du Mal. Published by Oh ! in June 2010 • Sweet Damage / La Vérité sur Anna. Published by XO in June 2014
• The Expected One / Le Livre de l’Élue. Published by XO in May 2007 • The Book of Love / Le Livre de l’amour. Published by XO in June 2009 • The Poet Prince / Le Livre du poète. Published by XO in June 2011
Elisabeth Kostova
• The Historian / L’Historienne et Drakula. Published by XO in March 2006
Young Adult Titles Shane Hegarty
• Darkmouth (4 volumes). V1 to be published by XO in May 2015.
John Grisham
• Theodore Boone : • Kid Lawyer / Enfant et justicier. Published by Oh! in Oct. 2010 • The Abduction / L’Enlèvement. Published by Oh ! in Oct. 2011 • The Accused / L’Accusé. Published by XO Jeunesse in Nov. 2012 • The Activist / La Menace. Published by XO Jeunesse in Oct. 2013 RETOUR AU SOMMAIRE
Gayle Forman Kathy Reichs
• Virals / Viral. Published by Oh ! in Nov. 2010 • Seizure / Crise. Published by Oh ! in Sept. 2011 • Code. Published by XO in April 2013 • Exposures / Risque. Published by XO in March 2015
Kerry Reichs
• Leaving Unkown / L’Épopée du perroquet. Published by Oh ! in March 2012
• Sisters in Sanity / Les Cœurs fêlés. Published by Oh ! in March 2010 • If I Stay / Si je reste… Published by Oh ! in April 2009 • Where She Went / Là où j’irai. Published by Oh! in Nov. 2010
Markus Zusak
• The Book Thief / La Voleuse de livres. Published by Oh ! in March 2007
Audrey Niffenegger
• Her Fearful Symmetry / Les Jumelles de Highgate. Published by Oh ! in November 2009
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