France: Fiction Books

Sabastien Japrisot: Great French "Mystery" WriterNot "Mystery" exactly; its difficult to describe his genre, but odd, strange, confusing would be the adjectives I would use to describe his books.Now...

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Re: France: Fiction Books

August 30, 2006, 8:54 am

Ger, as you know, I read A Very Long Engagement on your advice. Did you read the other two in French or English?

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Re: France: Fiction Books

August 30, 2006, 4:25 pm

I've been trying for years to find English-language paperback editons of Pagnol's trilogy--Marius, Cesar, Fanny ( I think those are the three titles.)Can't seem to find them. Do any of you recall the...

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Re: France: Fiction Books

October 17, 2006, 7:11 pm

I'm in the midst of reading Victor Hugo's 'Les Miseréables' at the moment. It's kinda embarassing, but I never read it before and I'm finding it really good. I was surprised at how many people stopped...

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Re: France: Fiction Books

October 19, 2006, 5:12 am

"Did you read the other two in French or English? " Sheila dear, you WAY over estimate my command of the French language. Last book I read IN French was Tales of Maupassant, when I was 17.No dear, I...

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Re: France: Fiction Books

October 19, 2006, 1:53 pm

I read "Les Miserables" in French a year ago -- however it was an "edition reduit" with student footnotes

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Re: France: Fiction Books

October 19, 2006, 4:51 pm

I recently re-read The Count of Monte Cristo (in English) and it made me realize that every film version I've ever seen doesn't begin to do this vast story justice. Additionally, most English versions...

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Re: France: Fiction Books

October 19, 2006, 8:56 pm

Oh Elaine, when I ordered Les Miserables from Amazon.ca, I also ordered The Count of Monte Cristo and as soon as I finish Les Miserable, it's the next one I'm reading! It was too big to bring on the...

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Re: France: Fiction Books

October 19, 2006, 11:53 pm

I read a heavily abridged paperback version of Les Mis when I was 23 but then I found a less heavily abridged hardback version (about 1,000 pages) at an antique bookstore. In the latter version I read...

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Re: France: Fiction Books

October 22, 2006, 5:47 am

Will add this one that I'm re-reading (for the 3rd time):The Serpent Amongst the Lilies by P. C. DohertyFile this one under historical mystery. It's a fictionalized account of the Maid of Lorraine,...

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