EAN: 9780241461990

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF FRENCH SHORT STORIES 1 - VA...

A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022'Beautiful and deep ... a sumptuous treat for any book lover'
The Independent'There is so much to discover in these stories - both history and food for short
story lovers everywhere' Irish TimesA major new celebration of the French short story The short
story has a rich tradition in French literature. This feast of an anthology celebrates its most
famous practitioners  as well as newly translated writers ready for rediscovery. Here are
decadent tales  'bloody tales'  fairy tales  detective stories and war stories. They are
stories about the self and the other  husbands  wives and lovers  country and city  rich and
poor. The first volume spans four hundred years  taking the reader from the sixteenth century
to the 'golden age' of the fin de siècle. Its pages are populated by lovers  phantoms 
cardinals  labourers  enchanted statues  gentleman burglars  retired bureaucrats  panthers and
parrots  in a cacophony of styles and voices. From the affairs of Madame de Lafayette to the
polemic realism of Victor Hugo  the supernatural mystery of Guy de Maupassant to the dark
sensuality of Rachilde  this is the place to start for lovers of French literature  new and
old. Edited and with an introduction by Patrick McGuinness  academic  writer and translator.

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