Some Modern French Writers
Title | Some Modern French Writers PDF eBook |
Author | Gladys Rosaleen Turquet-Milnes |
Publisher | |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | French literature |
ISBN |
History of Violence
Title | History of Violence PDF eBook |
Author | Édouard Louis |
Publisher | |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2018-06-19 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0374170592 |
"Originally published in French in 2016 by Seuil, France, as Historie de la violence"--Title page verso.
The Word From Paris
Title | The Word From Paris PDF eBook |
Author | John Sturrock |
Publisher | Verso |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1999-12-17 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9781859841631 |
In this accessible guide to the literature and thought of 20th century France, Sturrock clarifies the various intellectual movements that have marked the recent history of French writing, including Existentialism, Structuralism and the OuLiPo.
From Proust to Camus
Title | From Proust to Camus PDF eBook |
Author | André Maurois |
Publisher | Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday |
Pages | 406 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | French literature |
ISBN |
This book is the ideal introduction to modern French literature.
The Character of Rain
Title | The Character of Rain PDF eBook |
Author | Amelie Nothomb |
Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 2007-04-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1429978961 |
The Japanese believe that until the age of three, children, whether Japanese or not, are gods, each one an okosama, or "lord child." On their third birthday they fall from grace and join the rest of the human race. In Amelie Nothomb's new novel, The Character of Rain, we learn that divinity is a difficult thing from which to recover, particularly if, like the child in this story, you have spent the first tow and a half years of life in a nearly vegetative state. "I remember everything that happened to me after the age of two and one-half," the narrator tells us. She means this literally. Once jolted out of her plant-like , tube-like trance (to the ecstatic relief of her concerned parents), the child bursts into existence, absorbing everything that Japan, where her father works as a diplomat, has to offer. Life is an unfolding pageant of delight and danger, a ceaseless exploration of pleasure and the limits of power. Most wondrous of all is the discovery of water: oceans, seas, pools, puddles, streams, ponds, and, perhaps most of all, rain-one meaning of the Japanese character for her name. Hers is an amphibious life. The Character of Rain evokes the hilarity, terror, and sanctity of childhood. As she did in the award-winning, international bestesller Fear and Trembling, Nothomb grounds the novel in the outlines of her experiences in Japan, but the self-portrait that emerges from these pages is hauntingly universal. Amelie Nothomb's novels are unforgettable immersion experiences, leaving you both holding your breath with admiration, your lungs aching, and longing for more.
Paths to Contemporary French Literature
Title | Paths to Contemporary French Literature PDF eBook |
Author | John Taylor |
Publisher | |
Pages | 358 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | French literature |
ISBN | 9780765892164 |
Select Tales by Modern French Writers
Title | Select Tales by Modern French Writers PDF eBook |
Author | Gustave Masson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 1892 |
Genre | French fiction |
ISBN |