French
LE PREMIER HOMME
Written by Camus, Albert
'Le Premier Homme' is a novel about Algeria, the relationship between the men and the land, and between Algerian French and Algerian Arab. It is a novel where the central character, Jacques Cormery, is of course Albert Camus himself.
POUR QUE TU NE TE PERDES PAS DANS LE QUARTIER
Written by Patrick Modiano
Revue de presse : Un jour, deux inconnus qui prétendent avoir retrouvé le carnet d'adresse de l'écrivain Jean Daragane insistent pour le rencontrer. Daragane leur accorde un rendez-vous et le voilà embarqué malgré lui dans l'enquête que ces deux jeunes gens mènent sur un certain Guy Torstel ... Présentation de l'éditeur : - Et l'enfant? demanda Daragane. Vous avez eu des nouvelles de l'enfant?
SOUMISSION
Written by Michel Houellebecq
Dans une France assez proche de la nôtre, un homme s'engage dans la carrière universitaire. Peu motivé par l'enseignement, il s'attend à une vie ennuyeuse mais calme, protégée des grands drames historiques. Cependant les forces en jeu dans le pays ont fissuré le système politique jusqu'à provoquer son effondrement.
FLOWERS OF EVIL AND OTHER WORKS: A DUAL-LANGUAGE BOOK (REVISED)
Written by Baudelaire, Charles
When Flowers of Evil was first published in 1857, the book almost immediately became the subject of an obscenity trial, and for several generations afterward its themes of eroticism, lesbianism, revolt and decay earned the author a reputation for depravity and morbidity. It was not until 1949 that the French courts removed the ban originally imposed on Baudelaire's masterpiece.
GREAT FRENCH SHORT STORIES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: A DUAL-LANGUAGE BOOK
This original dual-language short story collection features fifteen newly translated works by important 20th-century authors. Previously unavailable in English versions, these stories cover a diverse range of styles and themes and offer fascinating insights into life and literature in France and French-speaking countries.
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