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02-29-2008, 04:03 AM
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Need a recommendation
For a book that was originally written in French (and has been translated to English), or one that is set in France.
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02-29-2008, 04:14 AM
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http://www.amazon.com/Suite-Francais...4262038&sr=8-1
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02-29-2008, 04:14 AM
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http://www.amazon.com/Platform-Miche...4261793&sr=1-2 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/037...VVA45EF238AGBY Personally, I think I like Platform best, but just barely. (Part of the novel is set in Thailand.) The Elementary Particles is probably considered by critics to be his best, but just barely.
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02-29-2008, 04:17 AM
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Other than the obvious?
Les Miserables The Count of Monte Cristo The Three Muskateers The Man in the Iron Mask The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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02-29-2008, 04:32 AM
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Of course, there's always Madam Bovary. It has the most disturbing scene I've ever read in fiction, though. As far as adultury novels go, it's right there with Anna Karenina.
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02-29-2008, 04:39 AM
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02-29-2008, 05:12 AM
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Not a single work by Emile Zola?
Verite Fecundite The Fortune of the Rougons Les Quatres Evangiles J'accuse Therese Raquin. He was a proponent of French naturalism.
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02-29-2008, 02:49 PM
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I vote for Camus. I loved The Stranger, The Plague, The Rebel, et al.
Although Stranger and Plague take place in Algiers, not France, no? Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday. I can't be sure. Classic.
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02-29-2008, 02:53 PM
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How about a book by Milan Kundera? (some of his are written in French).
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02-29-2008, 03:01 PM
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Proust's In Search of Lost Time...
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