french literature | french literature
Oct.22.2012
With pub date for How the French Invented Love: 900 Years of Passion and Romance scheduled for Oct. 23, and three Bay area readings coming up, (Oct. 24, 7 pm at Books Inc, Palo Alto; Oct. 28, 4pm at Book Passage in Corte Madera; and November 8, 7:30 pm at Mrs. Dalloway's in Berkeley), I'm as...
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Aug.24.2010
I've just discovered this link on one of the best short story writers in history.
I remember reading de Maupassant's writing in high school, and his stories still thrill and entertain me. What's great here is that this link accesses a ton of his stories.
Enjoy!
Guy de Maupassant - Books, Biography...
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Jul.22.2010
Please check out my latest essay at The Millions, "Reading in Tongues": http://www.themillions.com/2010/07/reading-in-tongues.html
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Mar.21.2010
A mother takes her two young sons on a trip to the seaside. Sounds nice, doesn’t it? There’s even a bucket and spade on the cover. You can almost feel the warmth of the sun on your skin, hear the brass band playing a cheery tune. But this is not a nice little feel-good story about a trip to the...
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Jan.31.2010
This is not your standard biography. Translator Andrew Brown abandons the usual chronological approach in favour of an entertaining, thematic narrative that moves through Flaubert's life by a kind of free association. The first chapter, for example, is on the spire of Rouen cathedral, and the...
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