Book Review: Final Transgression by Harriet Welty Rochefort
Harriet Welty Rochefort paints this complex tableau of war in France with a fine brush and a great deal of humanity.
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You, me, and Napoleon: We all had trouble speaking French – what’s your experience?
These four articles about learning French will ruffle a few feathers. That’s because my essays are full of subjective statements about how bloody hard French is to learn. This is especially so, I point out, for anyone not lucky enough to be young and locked up in a garret in Paris with a French lover—with the deliberate intention of doing nothing else but learn French.
Journey to battle-scarred Normandy: Purposeful travel
A visit to the WWII sites of Normand – a pilgrimage, a journey with a purpose. A bowed head, a red poppy, a thousand white crosses, a moment of silence…
Cinessance: The ‘Netflix of French film’ launched in North America—Meet founder Clément Monnet
Cinessance: brush up your French, or your film quotes, or pretend you’re in France—For Francophiles, Francophones, French expats, & international film buffs in North America.
Carcassonne et tout ça — what’s your view?
The easy way out is to hope & pray that none of this leads back to the yellow badges of Carcassonne and WWII
Je me souviens… à la Elisabeth #19-#21
Oh wow -best birthday ever! Memories of French cars! Let’s not forget French drivers!
“Je me souviens”— à la Elisabeth #15 – #18
Discovering Paris – impact of war – delivering fish & memories of a childhood in France
French language trouble Part 4: And the winner is… do you care?
If fluency in French is no longer the sharp-tipped arrow in the quiver of career opportunities… it has the soft power of being very chic for a foreigner to speak.
When Paris went bananas—Part 2 updated
Josephine Baker – Back in France, everything changed when World War II broke out in 1939.
When Paris went bananas—Part 1 updated
Josephine Baker at only 19 sailed to Paris on a new venture and opened in ‘La Revue Nègre’ at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.