French literature: France is a famously literary country. The country’s authors have won more Nobel Prizes in Literature than any other, and the French read more books than anyone else—a whopping 17 per year!
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Henri Troyat is considered one of the most prolific and popular French writers of the 20th century, but what else do you know about him?
I’m re-reading Ernest Hemingway’s memoir of his time in Paris in the 1920s. I rent an apartment in Saint Germain in a Haussmann building, keen to feel the history in its musty foyer and solid, thickly painted creamy walls.
Americans have loved Paris since our country, the USA, was [...]
Summer 2024 Reading - MyFrenchLife French Book Club - reading recently translated award winning French books
Two book club discussions on Saturday 27 April 'The Postcard 'by Anne Berest, translated by Tina Kover, rated the book as 4/5
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Denyse de Bravura: an untold story of an aspiring French artist & illustrator during les années folles and the 30 years following World War I
'The Postcard' by Anne Berest is our new Spring read. It's been recently translated by Tina Kover and was first published under the French title 'La Carte Postale' in 2021.
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