“Bring me a pot of pomade and a pound of burnt almonds ….”
–“Nana” by Émile Zola
#Nana #NanaBook #NanaNovel #Zola #ÉmileZola #EmileZola #LesRougonMacquart #Literature #FrenchLiterature
#nana #nanabook #nananovel #zola #emilezola #lesrougonmacquart #literature #frenchliterature
A #FavoriteBook the genderless novel Sphinx by Anne Garréta, translated by Emma Ramadan.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/0d67f31b-9298-485f-b0f5-11b864b46b45
#bookreview #QueerBooks #LiteraryFiction #frenchliterature #favoritebook
Firing up my next fiction book. A short one but looks a good one. The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas, set in 17th century Holland at the time of "Tulipmania". #books #reading #fiction #fictionInTranslation #dumas #alexandreDumas #frenchLiterature #netherlands #holland #tulipmania #historicalFiction #17thCentury #17thCenturyFiction #SeventeenthCentury #SeventeenthCenturyFiction #bookstodon
#bookstodon #seventeenthcenturyfiction #seventeenthcentury #17thcenturyfiction #17thcentury #historicalfiction #tulipmania #holland #netherlands #frenchliterature #alexandredumas #dumas #Fictionintranslation #fiction #reading #books
Film of the day: VOUS NE DÉSIREZ QUE MOI (I WANT TO TALK ABOUT DURAS, dir Claire Simon, 2021) All about her: fascinating “reenactment” of an actual interview between Duras’ last partner and a journalist friend, where the writer’s presence can be felt at all times as if by magic, while cleverly eroding the borders between documentary and fiction. #drama #documentary #fiction #literature #frenchliterature #MargueriteDuras #IndiaSong
#drama #documentary #fiction #literature #frenchliterature #margueriteduras #indiasong
“Then, with a rapidity that showed this was surely not the first time that she had, for fun, put on the clothes of the other sex, Eugenie pulled on the boots, slipped into the trousers, rumpled her cravat, buttoned a high-necked waistcoat up to the top and got into a frock-coat that outlined her slender, well-turned waist.”
— Dumas, Count of Monte Cristo
My favorite subplot is the lesbian couple who run away to Italy to join the opera.
#sappho #frenchliterature #countofmontecristo #dumas
It is a joy to be back with Proust.
#withingabuddinggrove #proust #Literature #literary #marcelproust #literarycriticism #reading #time #memories #remembranceofthingspast #thesearchforlosttime #fiction #novel #classic #classicliterature #books #book #classics #bookish #frenchliterature #bibliophile #instabook #read #bookcommunity
#withingabuddinggrove #proust #literature #literary #marcelproust #literarycriticism #reading #time #memories #remembranceofthingspast #thesearchforlosttime #fiction #novel #classic #classicliterature #books #book #classics #bookish #frenchliterature #bibliophile #instabook #read #bookcommunity
"What Annie Ernaux owes to memory."
How the French Nobel laureate has dedicated her life to literature.
#Culture #Literature #AnnieErnaux #NobelPrize #France #FrenchLiterature
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/what-annie-ernaux-owes-to-memory-nobel-prize-france
#culture #literature #annieernaux #nobelprize #france #frenchliterature
I realized that Dumas starting the Count of Monte Cristo on February 24th, 1815 is like Tom Clancy starting a novel on September 7th, 2001. To contemporary Frenchmen it would be obvious what major events are about to transpire.
These days only real grognards know that Napoleon’s return from Elba is imminent.
#Dumas #History #Literature #FrenchLiterature #Napoleon #Foreshadowing #CountOfMonteCristo #Clancy
#clancy #countofmontecristo #foreshadowing #napoleon #frenchliterature #literature #history #dumas
“Unfortunately, Madame,” Villefort said, smiling, “a deputy prosecutor to the Crown always arrived on the scene when the wrong has been done.”
“Then it is up to him to repair it.”
“To which I might again reply, Madame, that we do not repair wrongs, but avenge them, that is all.”
—Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
#Literature #FrenchLiterature #Dumas #CountOfMonteCristo #ACAB
#acab #countofmontecristo #dumas #frenchliterature #literature
For my next long book, I’ve started reading The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, 1996 translation by Robin Buss.
I enjoyed the Three Musketeers and sequels when I read those a while back. Dumas is always fun.
#Literature #FrenchLiterature #Dumas #CountOfMonteCristo #PaidByTheWord #RippedFromTheHeadlines
#rippedfromtheheadlines #paidbytheword #countofmontecristo #dumas #frenchliterature #literature
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230125-colette-the-most-beloved-french-writer-of-all-time ‘Colette lives on still, and this week sees the 150th anniversary of her birth. To mark the occasion, NYRB Classics has published a new translation of her twin masterpieces, Chéri (1920) and The End of Chéri (1926), translated by Paul Eprile.’ #literature #books #Colette #Frenchliterature #reading #publishing
#literature #books #colette #frenchliterature #reading #publishing
Muy orgulloso de ser publicado por primera vez en el idioma de Cervantes, Borges, Sábato, Subcomandante Marcos y Roberto Bolaño.
Gracias Lila & Valérie por su entusiasmo
Gracias Irene Oliva Luque por tu hermosa traducción y David Aliaga por el proofreading.
https://www.granta.com.es/2022/12/el-enemigo-de-todos/
#elenemigodetodos #avalanchetime #granta #traducción #ireneolivaluque #andreasguest #frenchliterature
#frenchliterature #andreasguest #ireneolivaluque #traduccion #Granta #avalanchetime #elenemigodetodos
#CfP für die #Tagung "À pied, à vélo, en auto, en train. Journée d’étude sur l’imaginaire de la mobilité terrestre dans les littératures francophones", die am 15.03.2023 stattfinden wird.
🗓️Deadline Abstracts: 15.01.2023
📌Mehr Infos: https://avldigital.de/de/vernetzen/details/callforpapers/a-pied-a-velo-en-auto-en-train-journee-detude-sur-limaginaire-de-la-mobilite-terrestre-dans-le/ #fidavlnews #FrenchLiterature @litstudies
#cfp #tagung #fidavlnews #frenchliterature
Voltaire, reading his own book (La Henriade) and looking most dandy.
Portrait by Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1735).
#voltaire #portrait #art #frenchart #frenchliterature
Djinn written by Jean Dufaux, illustration by Ana Miralles, tr. Noel Hynd. A comic series fashioning itself into vast, rich lore and history.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b9d08171-ed89-4e8b-9db2-d89e9214fa77
#bookreviews #frenchliterature #bandedessinee #Comics
Djinn written by Jean Dufaux, illustration by Ana Miralles, tr. Noel Hynd. A comic series fashioning itself into vast, rich lore and history.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b9d08171-ed89-4e8b-9db2-d89e9214fa77
#bookreviews #frenchliterature #bandedessinee #Comics
🇫🇷 In Defense of Witches by Mona Chollet tr. in English by Sophie R. Lewis
🧹 Bestseller in France in 2018 using the witch to write a variety of personal feminist essays.
Unfortunately, a toil and trouble to read.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/eb83b535-122d-4daf-843a-69415d543b70
#FrenchLiterature #NonfictionBooks #BookReview #TranslatedLitChallenge
#translatedlitchallenge #bookreview #nonfictionbooks #frenchliterature
🇫🇷 In Defense of Witches by Mona Chollet tr. in English by Sophie R. Lewis
🧹 Bestseller in France in 2018 using the witch to write a variety of personal feminist essays.
Unfortunately, a toil and trouble to read.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/eb83b535-122d-4daf-843a-69415d543b70
#FrenchLiterature #NonfictionBooks #BookReview #TranslatedLitChallenge
#translatedlitchallenge #bookreview #nonfictionbooks #frenchliterature