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One of the great mavericks of French literature, Georges Bernanos combined raw realism with a spiritual focus of visionary intensity. Mouchette ... More

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Jean Giono's beautiful allegorical tale is legendary. Written in the 1950's, its message was ahead of its time, inspiring readers to rediscover the ... More

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Trapped in the depths of poverty, an old woman escapes into an existence where objects, streets, and entire cities have voices and personalities. ... More

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Who, among you, deserves eternal life? Daniel is a highly successful stand-up comedian who has made a career out of playing outrageously on the ... More

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Ani Silver is a young American woman whose half-Jewish, half-Armenian heritage seems a mere footnote to her own identity. But when the dark shadows ... More

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Flooded with details of food, conversation, logistical wit, and amorous quirks, this bestselling debut tone and elegance of an era overwhelmed by ... More

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Compared to the works of Beckett, Chevillard's innovative prose creates a universe utterly his own.

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When a concept album by The Sofia Experimental Breadboard Octet sparks a relationship-breaking argument, Veronique jumps into her little white Fiat ... More

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Two tales of seduction separated by more than two hundred years. In 18th century, Madame de T. summons a young nobleman and gives him an ... More

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The world of "Aminadab," Maurice Blanchot's second novel, is dark, bizarre, and fantastic. Reminiscent of Kafka's enclosed and allegorical spaces, ... More

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Vivienne Yellow, the narrator of this arresting debut, is an American woman who lies in traction in a Parisian hospital, remembering the sexual ... More

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When the rich and well-connected Raoule de Venerande becomes enamored of Jacques Silvert, a poor young man who makes artificial flowers for a living, ... More

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One overcast weekend in October 1974, Georges Perec set out in quest of the "infraordinary": the humdrum, the non-event, the everyday--"what happens, ... More

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When the rich and well-connected Raoule de Venerande becomes enamored of Jacques Silvert, a poor young man who makes artificial flowers for a living, ... More

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"Silence on the Shores" depicts the final day in the life of a Maghrebian immigrant in France. Having crossed the Mediterranean to "the other shore" ... More

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This volume, which takes account of the latest scholarship, consists of an introduction to Voltaire and to "Candide," the French text and textual ... More

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A romantic novel set in Paris during the final years of the First World War in which the narrator, a sixteen-year-old boy, recounts his love affair ... More

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The novel tells the story of Akira Kumo, a retired couturier living in Paris, owner of the world's largest collection of books about clouds, and ... More

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Set in the villages and valleys of France's mountainous provinces, "The Glory of the Pythres" follows the fortunes--or rather, the colossal ... More

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In an idyllic little village in south-west France, a web of lives interconnect, ready to unravel at the first touch. Alex is running from a teenage ... More

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An American teacher develops a relationship with her Iranian student who has a Muslim father and a Jewish mother. The teacher indulges a fascination ... More

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Leonie de la Cocotiere rises to sous-maitresse in Dunkerque, giving birth after her lover dies in WWI. As Grande Madame Leone, she and her daughter ... More

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The novel tells the story of Akira Kumo, a retired couturier living in Paris, owner of the world's largest collection of books about clouds, and ... More

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GIGI--which became the successful Lerner-Loewe movie musical--is the story of a young Parisian girl in training to be a courtesan, and the man-about ... More

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