Romance books from France
Recommended romance books (20)
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If you are into romance here are some romance books from France for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Passion Simple by Annie Ernaux FR
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Un Don Juan à éclipses, venu de l'Est, fait souffrir une nouvelle Bovary. Sur le thème de l'attente amoureuse, un roman sentimental de type "Harlequin", investi, avec une autorité sobre, par une intellectuelle. La critique est partagée. J.-F. Josselin, du ##Nouvel Observateur##, dit que ce petit livre est "aussi charmant qu'inutile."
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She Came to Stay by Simone de Beauvoir EN
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Set in Paris on the eve of World War II, and sizzling with love, anger and revenge, "She Came to Stay" explores the changes wrought in the soul of a woman and a city soon to fall.
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Şi dacă e adevărat ... by Marc Levy RO
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"Ce-o să-ţi spun nu e uşor de înţeles, e imposibil de admis, dar dacă ai vrea să-mi asculţi povestea…"
Ce să crezi despre o femeie care-ţi alege dulapul din baie ca să-şi petreacă zilele în el? Care se miră că o poţi vedea? Care apare şi dispare brusc şi pretinde că este în comă profundă la celălalt capăt al oraşului? Pe ea trebuie să o duci la psihiatru, sau pe tine? Sau, dimpotrivă, trebuie să te laşi în voia acestei aventuri extravagante?
Şi dacă este adevărat?…
Dacă e adevărat că Arthur este singura persoană care poate împărţi ... continue
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Strait is the Gate by André Gide EN
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Jerome Palissier, a delicate boy, spends many summers at his uncle's house in Normandy, where the whole world seems steeped in azure. There he falls deeply in love with his cousin Alissa and she with him. But gradually Alissa becomes convinced that Jerome's love for her is endangering his soul.
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Te voi revedea by Marc Levy RO
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Romanul "Te voi revedea" continua, intr-un stil amuzant si tandru, scenariul din "Si daca e adevarat...", prilejuindu-ne o noua intalnire cu Lauren si Arthur, protagonistii acestei frumoase povesti de dragoste ce trece dincolo de moarte.
„Pentru cititorii francezi, Marc Levy întruchipează un destin de basm: ajuns târziu la literatură, acest autor pe cât de discret, pe atât de melancolic s-a impus încă din momentul în care primul său manuscris a încăput pe mâna editorului, scenariul corespunzător fiind imediat cumpărat... continue
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The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas EN
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This carefully crafted ebook: "THE BLACK TULIP (Historical Adventure Novel)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The story begins with the 1672 lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis by a wild mob of their own countrymen, considered by many as one of the most painful episodes in Dutch history, described by Dumas with a dramatic intensity. The city of Haarlem, Netherlands, has set a prize of ƒ100, 000 to the person who can grow a black tulip, sparking competition between the country's best gardeners to win the mo... continue
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The End of Eddy : A Novel by Édouard Louis EN
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The most talked-about European novel since My Struggle—a sexually frank, brutally honest coming-of-age story
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The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain EN
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"Laurain presents the story as if it were reportage, but with the confidence of an age-old storyteller."—San Francisco Book Review "Laurain's gentle, satirical humor remind this reviewer of Jacques Tati's classic films, and, no, you don't have to know French politics to enjoy this charming novel. Fans of Muriel Barbery'sThe Elegance of the Hedgehog will want this."—Library Journal "A hymn to la vie Parisienne . . . enjoy it for its fabulistic narrative, and the way it teeters pleasantly on the edge of Gallic whimsy."—The Guardian Heroic bookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned ha... continue
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Vălul pictat by William Somerset Maugham RO
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Frumoasa Kitty Fane este surprinsa cu alt barbat de sotul ei, un renumit medic bacteriolog pe care-l insoteste in China coloniala. Acesta o va lua cu el intr-o zona devastata de holera, unde medicul incearca sa combata efectele teribilei maladii. O calatorie in timpul careia tanara femeie se va confrunta cu aspecte ale vietii ce-i fusesera total necunoscute pana atunci, ajungand astfel sa se descopere pe sine insasi, dar si pe cel ce-i este tovaras de viata.
Romanul a fost transpus cinematografic in 1934, Greta Garbo intruchipand‑o pe Kitty Fane. Noua ecranizare, din 2006, ii are in roluril... continue