Eastbound by Maylis de Kerangal
a pre-release post on a novella about Russian conscripts
Tag: French
The Blood of Others by Simone de Beauvoir
some things are worth dying for – what is worth killing for?
the governesses by anne serre
parkdale in the pandemic
The Years by Annie Ernaux
cracking under lockdown and stunning books
The Counterfeiters by André Gide
a not-dirty-enough-to-be-dirty french novel
Happening by Annie Ernaux
feeling sad so read a sad book on abortion
Now, Now, Louison by Jean Frémon
an enjoyable but intellectually presumptive novella
Tell Them Of Battles, Kings and Elephants by Mathias Enard
high grade historical fiction and the blogger hits some snags
Street of Thieves by Mathias Enard
another ruddy belter from enard who i love
Journey To The End of the Night by Céline
accidentally read a book by a nazi
Against Nature (A Rebours) by Joris-Karl Huysmans
infamous for the wrong reasons…
Hasard Objectif by Joanna Walsh
love love love love love… and books
Blue Self-Portrait by Noémi Lefebvre
Some newly-translated cracking French fiction
A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments by Roland Barthes
Love is not the preserve of the randy, love is not just something that happens with pants off or about to be off…
Football by Jean-Philippe Toussaint
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But You Did Not Come Back by Marceline Loridan-Ivens
I haven’t cried this much at a book in a while. I haven’t cried this much at a non-fiction bookContinue Reading
The Missing of the Somme by Geoff Dyer
Yes, I read another book by Geoff Dyer and, yes, because it was a structurally complex non-fiction text featuring aContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 