In the library with
Hannah O’Neill
Étoile dancer at the Paris Opera and friend of the House Hannah O’Neill opens up about how books allow her to dream and travel and the grounding role they play in her life. She also talks about her discovery of reading through Japanese literature.
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Patrick Modiano, Ballerina
Peter Docter, Hayao Miyazaki
Patti Smith, Just Kids
Sarah Turnbull, Almost French
Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie
Vaslav Nijinsky, The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky,
Madeline Miller, The song of Achilles
Stendhal, The Red and the Black
Patrick Modiano, Ballerina, Translated by Mark Polizzotti, Yale University Press, 2025
Patrick Modiano, La danseuse, © Éditions Gallimard, 2023
Pete Docter, Hayao Miyazaki, © DelMonico Books/Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, 2021
Patti Smith, Just Kids, © HarperCollins, 2010
Patti Smith, Just Kids, traduit de l’anglais par Héloïse Esquié, © Denoël pour la traduction française, 2010
Sarah Turnbull, Almost French-A New Life in Paris, © Gotham, 2002. All rights reserved
Sarah Turnbull, Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris, © Avery, 2004
Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie, © Sphere Books, 2017
Excerpt from Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, copyright © 1997 by Mitch Albom. Used by permission of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky: Unexpurgated Edition translated by Kyril Fitzlyon, edited with an introduction by Joan Acocella. Copyright © 1995 by Actes Sud. Revised translation copyright © 1999 by Kyril Fitzlyon. Used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Nijinsky, Journal, traduit du russe par G.S. Solpray © Éditions Gallimard pour la traduction française, 1953
The Dying Swan, Choreographer: Michel Fokine, Music by Camille Saint-Saëns, Created for Anna Pavlova, 1905
Madeline Miller, The song of Achilles, 2017, © Madeline Miller, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Madeline Miller, The song of Achilles, 2017, © Madeline Miller
Stendhal, The Red and the Black, Translated by Roger Gard, © Penguin Classics 2005. All rights reserved
Stendhal, Le rouge et le noir, © Levasseur, 1830
Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones, © Allen & Unwin, 2009
Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones, © Craig Silvey, 2010
Lisa Taddeo, Three Women, 2020 © Lisa Taddeo, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Lisa Taddeo, Three Women, © 2019 by Lisa Taddeo
Sayaka Murata, La fille de la Supérette, traduit du japonais par Mathilde Tamae-Bouhon, © Denoël pour la traduction française, 2021. Naho Yoshizawa/Aflo / Getty images
Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman (コンビニ人間, Konbini Ningen), © Bungeishunju, 2016.
Dawn French, A Tiny Bit Marvellous, © Michael Joseph, 2010. All rights reserved
John Hegarty, Hegarty on Creativity: There are No Rules, © Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2014
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