One Hundred Great French Books
Title | One Hundred Great French Books PDF eBook |
Author | Lance Donaldson-Evans |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9781933346229 |
metropolitan France as well as by francophone authors from Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, Belgium and Switzerland, One Hundred Great French Books offers a rich, varied, and multicultural panorama of one of the most beloved and inspiring literatures in the world." --Book Jacket.
A Short History of French Literature
Title | A Short History of French Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Kay |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 2006-01-12 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0191516228 |
This book traces the history of French literature from its beginnings to the present. Within its remarkably brief compass, it offers a wide-ranging, personal, and detailed account of major writers and movements. Developments in French literature are presented in an innovative way, not as an even sequence of literary events but as a series of stories told at varying pace and with different kinds of focus. Readers can thus take in the broad sweep of historical change, grasp the main characteristics of major periods, or enjoy a close appraisal of individual works and their contexts. The book is written in an accessible and non-technical style that will make it attractive to students and to all those who enjoy French Literature.
Juniper
Title | Juniper PDF eBook |
Author | Kelley French |
Publisher | Little, Brown Spark |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017-10-10 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780316324434 |
The inspiring story of Juniper, a baby born too soon, gorgeously told by her parents, both award-winning journalists. Juniper French was born four months early, at 23 weeks' gestation. She weighed 1 pound, 4 ounces, and her twiggy body was the length of a Barbie doll. Her head was smaller than a tennis ball, her skin was nearly translucent, and through her chest you could see her flickering heart. Babies like Juniper, born at the edge of viability, trigger the question: Which is the greater act of love -- to save her, or to let her go? Kelley and Thomas French chose to fight for Juniper's life, and this is their incredible tale. In one exquisite memoir, the authors explore the border between what is possible and what is right. They marvel at the science that conceived and sustained their daughter and the love that made the difference. They probe the bond between a mother and a baby, between a husband and a wife. They trace the journey of their family from its fragile beginning to the miraculous survival of their now thriving daughter.
The Stranger
Title | The Stranger PDF eBook |
Author | Albert Camus |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 2012-08-08 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0307827666 |
With the intrigue of a psychological thriller, Camus's masterpiece gives us the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach. Behind the intrigue, Camus explores what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd" and describes the condition of reckless alienation and spiritual exhaustion that characterized so much of twentieth-century life. First published in 1946; now in translation by Matthew Ward.
A History of French Literature
Title | A History of French Literature PDF eBook |
Author | David Coward |
Publisher | Ardent Media |
Pages | 644 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
This magnificent volume provides a complete history of the literature of France from its origins to the present day, taking us beyond traditional definitions of 'literature' into the world of the best-seller and, beyond words, to graphic fiction and.
The Cambridge Introduction to French Literature
Title | The Cambridge Introduction to French Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Brian Nelson |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2015-06-11 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0521887089 |
An engaging, highly accessible and informative introduction to French literature from the Middle Ages to the present.
Sagan, Paris 1954
Title | Sagan, Paris 1954 PDF eBook |
Author | Anne Berest |
Publisher | Gallic Books |
Pages | 145 |
Release | 2015-06-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 191047715X |
Before Françoise Sagan the literary icon there was Françoise Quoirez, an eighteen-year-old Parisian girl, who wrote a novel and needed a publisher for it. This intimate narrative charts the months in 1954 leading up to the publication of the legendary Bonjour Tristesse. We encounter Françoise, her family and friends close-up, in a post-war world that is changing radically; and Mlle Quoirez, in her new guise of Françoise Sagan, will be at the heart of that social change. Sagan was always focused on her writing, though at times the fame of her books was to be eclipsed by her wild-child reputation. Yet, as Anne Berest herself testifies, Sagan’s fearless approach to life lived on her own terms remains an inspiration even now.