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I'm soon to email the ZOOM event access link.... and close this event. Please be sure to register via the RSVP link provided asap. Who's going to be there? let me know below :) Say hi :)
another suggestion I found on Lithub's "58 best books to read": Benjamin Labatut's "When we cease to understand the world" - a completely different topic, imagining the lives & torments of brilliant scientists as they discovered concepts that transformed human existence. Original in French, available translated into English.
I'm looking forward to this fun conversation! I've lived in France since 1978 & I can confirm that despite my huge advantage - raised by a French mom, learned to speak French fluently at age 12, entered via the elite French prépa/Grande École system - it was *still* a massive undertaking that required resilience and adaptability.
I have a suggestion for the next book: a short but powerful memoir by Marceline Loridan-Ivens called But You Did Not Come Back. Available in its original French and in English.
Our pure charter is RECENTLY translated best-selling or award-winning French novels... Our driver is to continually try to understand France beyond the cliche and how French people think today including what they're reading...
But keep the suggestions coming 'cos others would find them interesting for their TBR list!
I’m so disappointed I can’t make this session! Mark’s books are hilarious and helped me understand so many things about life in small-town France. Will spread the word!
Never laughed so hard about a French grocery store moving the brooms. We were new to France back then as well. His first book gave us the courage to continue.
I'm soon to email the ZOOM event access link.... and close this event. Please be sure to register via the RSVP link provided asap. Who's going to be there? let me know below :) Say hi :)
Judy
another suggestion I found on Lithub's "58 best books to read": Benjamin Labatut's "When we cease to understand the world" - a completely different topic, imagining the lives & torments of brilliant scientists as they discovered concepts that transformed human existence. Original in French, available translated into English.
I'm looking forward to this fun conversation! I've lived in France since 1978 & I can confirm that despite my huge advantage - raised by a French mom, learned to speak French fluently at age 12, entered via the elite French prépa/Grande École system - it was *still* a massive undertaking that required resilience and adaptability.
I have a suggestion for the next book: a short but powerful memoir by Marceline Loridan-Ivens called But You Did Not Come Back. Available in its original French and in English.
thanks for the suggestion Lorraine.
Our pure charter is RECENTLY translated best-selling or award-winning French novels... Our driver is to continually try to understand France beyond the cliche and how French people think today including what they're reading...
But keep the suggestions coming 'cos others would find them interesting for their TBR list!
Best
Judy
ok good to know what you're looking for!
thanks Lorraine. I’ll pass it on to Jacqueline
I’m so disappointed I can’t make this session! Mark’s books are hilarious and helped me understand so many things about life in small-town France. Will spread the word!
Oh, that is a shame Valerie
Judy
Never laughed so hard about a French grocery store moving the brooms. We were new to France back then as well. His first book gave us the courage to continue.
I know! This will be fun. Wish me luck as facilitator as I may not be able to get a word in between these two guys ;). Hope to see you there…
Judy
Bon chance