EAN: 9780241462058

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF FRENCH SHORT STORIES 2 - VA...

A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR '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 Times *A major new celebration of the French short story across
the twentieth century* 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 fables  puzzles  fairy tales  war stories and family histories
testing and expanding the boundaries of the form. They are stories about the self and the other
the centre and the periphery  experimental and existential  real and surreal. The second volume
takes the reader through the tumultuous twentieth century in the company of writers including
Simone de Beauvoir and Maryse Condé  Patrick Modiano and Virginie Despentes  covering world
wars  revolutions  and the horrors of the motorway service station. Along the way we meet
electronic brains  she-wolves  a sadistic Cinderella  ancestors  infidels  dissatisfied
housewives and lonely ambassadors  all clamouring to be heard. Funny  devastating and fresh at
every turn  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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