Books from France
223 popular french books
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from France.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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El horizonte by Patrick Modiano ES
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El primer encuentro entre Jean Bosmans, un aprendiz de escritor, y Margaret Le Coz se produce por azar. Años después el protagonista de la novela se pregunta si las palabras que dos personas han intercambiado durante su primer encuentro se han disipado en la nada... ¿Y si todas esas palabras quedaran suspendidas en el aire y bastase tan sólo un poco de atención para captar sus ecos? Bosmans se busca entonces en un pasado sólo recuperable a partir de fragmentos de vida. Anotando uno a uno los recuerdos, avanza Bosman tras los pasos no sólo de sí mismo, sino de Margaret Le Coz. Pronto descubrir... continue
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A partir de recuerdo de la muerte del padre, la narradora (la autora) reconstruye un collage que pretende retratar y rescatar su vida. La de su padre y su madre, hijos de campesinos analfabetos, que con mucho esfuerzo logran forjarse una condición de comerciantes, de ser parte de una clase media a la que entran pidiendo permiso. Y la determinación de que su hija sea aún mejor que ellos.
Todo contado con la narrativa recatada, sentida y a la vez profunda de Ernaux.
Una novela maravillosa.
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Eugenie Grandet : Mit Einem Essay Von Wolfgang Koeppen by Honoré de Balzac EN
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One of the earliest and most famous novels in Balzac's great Comédie Humaine, Eugénie Grandet (1833) is a story of family conflict, unrequited love and self-sacrifice set against the aftermath of the French Revolution.
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Existentialism is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre FR
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This book presents a new English translation of two seminal works by Jean-Paul Sartre, the most dominant European intellectual of the post-World War II decades. The volume includes Sartre's 1945 lecture “Existentialism Is a Humanism” and his analysis of Camus's The Stranger, along with a discussion of these works by acclaimed Sartre biographer Annie Cohen-Solal. This edition is a translation of the 1996 French edition, which includes Arlette Elkaïm-Sartre's introduction and a Q&A with Sartre about his lecture. In her foreword, intended for an American audience, acclaimed Sartre biographer Anni... continue
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Extension du domaine de la lutte by Michel Houellebecq FR
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Whatever (French: Extension du domaine de la lutte, literally "extension of the domain of struggle") is the debut novel of French writer Michel Houellebecq. The plot concerns a depressed and isolated computer programmer who reflects on the struggle of the less attractive to find their place in society.
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Fever by Jean Marie Le Clezio EN
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In these nine unforgettable and impressionistic 'tales of little madness', the Nobel Prize-winning author Le Clézio explores how the physical sensations we experience every day can be as strong as feelings of love or hate, with their power to bring chaos to our lives. In 'The Day that Beaumont became Acquainted with his Pain', a man with toothache spends the night seeking ways to disown his throbbing jaw; in 'Fever', Roch finds his mind transported by sunstroke; while in 'A Day of Old Age' little Joseph tries to comprehend the physical suffering of a dying old woman. Set in a timeless, spacele... continue
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FILLE, nom féminin 1. Personne de sexe féminin considérée par rapport à son père, à sa mère. 2. Enfant de sexe féminin. 3. (Vieilli.) Femme non mariée. 4. Prostituée. Laurence Barraqué grandit avec sa soeur dans les années 1960 à Rouen. "Vous avez des enfants ? demande-t-on à son père. - Non, j'ai deux filles" , répond-il. Naître garçon aurait sans doute facilité les choses. Un garçon, c'est toujours mieux qu'une garce. Puis ... continue
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Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne EN
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Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen is an adventure novel by Jules Verne published in 1863.