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“10 lines on 480 pages – you should read the book,” he said Wednesday to French broadcaster France Info, his exasperation evident at being questioned on the book’s most erotic scene a week ...
AMELIE AND PIERRE (338 pp.)—Henri Troyat—Simon & Schuster ($4.50). To some French writers the production of novels is like the eating of salted almonds—they just cannot stop. Balzac turned ...
The French book, written by Arsène Houssaye and published in 1879, is a study on the soul and life after death, Harvard Library states on a page dedicated to the book.
Tana French’s ‘The Hunter’ defies the rules of suspense writing. In the Irish novelist’s new book, a sequel to ‘The Searcher,’ a retired American police detective is pulled into ...
For French readers the book, “At Night All Blood Is Black,” also provided an introduction to a little-known aspect of their own history. On Wednesday, the National Book Foundation announced ...