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    Tag: France

    My mother never held my hand

    Dear Violette, At one point in Asphyxia (2020, tr. Derek Coltman. Original: L’Asphyxie, 1946), the unnamed narrator is standing on the sidewalk, peeking through a window at…… Read more “My mother never held my hand”

    26 de January de 202126 de January de 2021 by juliana

    Violette Leduc

    Violette Leduc (7 April 1907 – 28 May 1972) was a French author. Born out of wedlock to the son of a wealthy family for whom her…… Read more “Violette Leduc”

    25 de January de 202126 de January de 2021 by juliana

    Fauna smiles upon the love of intertwined women

    Dear Renée, For the past couple of days, I’ve been trapped inside a stuffy Victorian room heavily decorated with rich furnishings, intricate pieces of furniture, some middle…… Read more “Fauna smiles upon the love of intertwined women”

    10 de December de 20205 de January de 2021 by juliana

    Renée Vivien

    Renée Vivien (née Pauline Mary Tarn; 11 June 1877 – 18 November 1909) was a British French-speaking writer. Born in London to a wealthy British father and…… Read more “Renée Vivien”

    10 de December de 202010 de December de 2020 by juliana

    André Gide

    André Gide (André Paul Guillaume Gide, 22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French writer. Born into an austere Protestant family, Gide was educated mostly at…… Read more “André Gide”

    28 de January de 202028 de January de 2020 by juliana

    We were overcome with a kind of reverse vertigo,

    Dear Annie, Reading The Years. tr. Alison L. Strayer (2017. Original: Les Années, 2008) feels very much like leafing through an old photo album, opening the contents of…… Read more “We were overcome with a kind of reverse vertigo,”

    20 de May de 201920 de May de 2019 by juliana

    Annie Ernaux

    Annie Ernaux (born Annie Duchesne; 1 September 1940) is a French author. She attended a Lycée and studied at the Universities of Rouen and Bordeaux. Ernaux became a certified teacher, then…… Read more “Annie Ernaux”

    10 de May de 201921 de May de 2019 by juliana

    My name, here, is the name of my fracture

    Dear Albertine, Astragal (1965) opens with a leap into the sky, from one kind of prison to another – but our protagonist doesn’t know it yet. The…… Read more “My name, here, is the name of my fracture”

    29 de April de 2019 by juliana

    Albertine Sarrazin

    Albertine Sarrazin (17 September 1937 – 10 July 1967) was a French-Algerian author. She was abandoned shortly after her birth, in Algiers, and put in the care…… Read more “Albertine Sarrazin”

    29 de April de 201929 de April de 2019 by juliana

    I believe in the god of carnage

    Dear Yasmina, Threading the thin line between civility and barbarity, you manage to convey, with acerbic wit, how civility and good intentions are slowly but steadily sacrificed…… Read more “I believe in the god of carnage”

    31 de July de 201831 de July de 2018 by juliana

    Yasmina Reza

    Yasmina Reza (1959) is a French writer of Jewish, Iranian, and Hungarian descent. She studied theater and sociology at the University of Paris X, Nanterre. She works as actress, novelist,…… Read more “Yasmina Reza”

    31 de July de 201831 de July de 2018 by juliana

    To disentangle true from false

    Dear Delphine, Based on a True Story (2017, tr. George Miller. Original: D’aprés une histoire vraie, 2015) is an atmospheric book that revolves around a woman who…… Read more “To disentangle true from false”

    27 de July de 2018 by juliana

    Delphine de Vigan

    Delphine de Vigan (1966) is a French writer. She studied at L’École des hautes études en sciences de l’information et de la communication (Celsa – Sorbonne Université). De…… Read more “Delphine de Vigan”

    27 de July de 201827 de July de 2018 by juliana

    Marriage had been shockingly debased

    Dear Amantine, In a strange way, your novel Valentine (1832) made me feel at home. Not a home I currently inhabit, nor a place where I am particularly…… Read more “Marriage had been shockingly debased”

    12 de July de 201814 de February de 2020 by juliana

    George Sand

    George Sand (née Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876) was a French writer. Raised by her grandmother, Sand got married in 1822 and had two…… Read more “George Sand”

    12 de July de 201830 de August de 2018 by juliana

    I’ll describe my insanity through a sudden insight

    Dear Christine, Do you know that feeling we have when we know where a book was going, and we know it could have worked – but it…… Read more “I’ll describe my insanity through a sudden insight”

    8 de December de 2017 by juliana

    Christine Angot

    Christine Angot (born 7 February 1959) is a French writer. She was brought up by her single-parent mother. She went to university in Rheims, specialising in English and Law, but…… Read more “Christine Angot”

    8 de December de 201720 de March de 2018 by juliana

    All this has been described a thousand times

    Dear Jean, I am writing to you in haste, just to share my impressions on 1914: a novel (tr.  Linda Coverdale), which I read for Caroline’s Literature and…… Read more “All this has been described a thousand times”

    21 de March de 201617 de June de 2016 by juliana

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