Édouard Peisson, a French writer specializing in maritime novels, brings a story set in the world of the sea and ships in this work, which is typical of his oeuvre.
Born in 1896 in Marseille, Peisson drew inspiration from his own experience in the merchant and military navy, which gives his works an authenticity.
"The Walnut Courts" (2003) is one of Miljenko Jergović's most famous and moving novels. This novel remains one of the most important literary testimonies about the 20th century in the Balkans and the cost of forgetting.
"Stéphanie in Sweet Hell" is a three-part novel by Marcel Gobineau that follows the life of Stéphanie, a passionate and independent young woman in France during the reign of King Louis Philippe.