'The Postcard' by Anne Berest is our Spring read It's been recently translated by Tina Kover. First published in French as 'La Carte Postale' in 2021. Let us know below if you'll be reading with us.
Good choice for the Book Club. Tina Kover is an outstanding translator, and the story is quite good. In fact, I have listed 'The Postcard' as a competitive title in my book proposal, a story about finding eight love letters from 1926 and spending 8 years tracking down the author.
MyFrenchLife™ book club indeed read 'A Summer with Montaigne' by A. Compagnon back in 2019 which was also translated by Tina Kover. It might not have been an easy task for her! Since you've read 'The Postcard' you're welcome to share your thoughts anytime here!
I won’t sign up for the read along Jacqueline simply because I’m already struggling to keep up the another (Wolf Hall) here on Substack but if I can join in with anything pertinent I will… sadly children (mostly) do not enjoy these literature lessons no matter how interesting the lessons are made for them - it’s rather depressing tbh, because I know they will realise the importance later in life…
I understand and 'Wolf Hall' requires all your attention for sure ! As for the students I do sympathize since I was a teacher (in Paris and a few lycées français de l'étranger) , now retired. I do know what you're talking about !
I teach only children with learning difficulties, I say ‘only’ but in-fact they become more numerous every year… and mostly at college level - I have a feeling I’d be completely lost above that..!
We are studying this in French (troisième) as a companion/comparison read with Simon Veil’s Une Vie… both are what I think can only be described sa ‘bouleversante’ - a great choice Judy!
Will you be able to join in the discussions ? I am not surprised it's studied in 3ème as it got the Goncourt des Lycéens. Great choice for the students too !
Good choice for the Book Club. Tina Kover is an outstanding translator, and the story is quite good. In fact, I have listed 'The Postcard' as a competitive title in my book proposal, a story about finding eight love letters from 1926 and spending 8 years tracking down the author.
MyFrenchLife™ book club indeed read 'A Summer with Montaigne' by A. Compagnon back in 2019 which was also translated by Tina Kover. It might not have been an easy task for her! Since you've read 'The Postcard' you're welcome to share your thoughts anytime here!
I won’t sign up for the read along Jacqueline simply because I’m already struggling to keep up the another (Wolf Hall) here on Substack but if I can join in with anything pertinent I will… sadly children (mostly) do not enjoy these literature lessons no matter how interesting the lessons are made for them - it’s rather depressing tbh, because I know they will realise the importance later in life…
I understand and 'Wolf Hall' requires all your attention for sure ! As for the students I do sympathize since I was a teacher (in Paris and a few lycées français de l'étranger) , now retired. I do know what you're talking about !
I teach only children with learning difficulties, I say ‘only’ but in-fact they become more numerous every year… and mostly at college level - I have a feeling I’d be completely lost above that..!
We are studying this in French (troisième) as a companion/comparison read with Simon Veil’s Une Vie… both are what I think can only be described sa ‘bouleversante’ - a great choice Judy!
Will you be able to join in the discussions ? I am not surprised it's studied in 3ème as it got the Goncourt des Lycéens. Great choice for the students too !
Looking forward to reading this Judy!
Good news Tiffany - let us know your thoughts as you read. You can do that in a number of places - you'll find the links in here: https://www.myfrenchlife.org/welcome-to-the-myfrenchlife%ef%b8%8f-french-book-club-myfrenchlife-org/
Also we'll be setting up a couple of live chats for this book - would you be interested in that?
Judy