Books set in France (134)


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21.

Candide by Voltaire EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / France flag France

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Carnet de Voyage by Craig Thompson EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Description:
Craig Thompson - the award-winning creator of Blankets and Good-Bye, Chunky Rice - spent three months travelling through Barcelona, the Alps, and France, as well as Morocco, where he was researching his next graphic novel, Habibi. Spontaneous sketches and a travelogue diary document his adventures and quiet moments, creating a raw and intimate portrait of countries, culture and the wandering artist.




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Cobrar por estar de pie by Gauz ES

0 Ratings
Country: Africa / Ivory Coast flag Ivory Coast
Description:
Esta novela de Gauz nos trae la historia de Ossiri, un estudiante marfileño empleado como vigilante después de haber aterrizado (sin papeles) en el París de los 90. Es un canto al honor de una familia, de una madre y de la comunidad africana de París, con sus imperfecciones, sus sufrimientos y sus diferencias. Es la historia política de un migrante, su mirada sobre Francia hasta el 11S. Es, en el fondo, una colección de las cosas vistas y oídas por el autor cuando trabajaba como vigilante en París. Una sátira de fibra social y m... continue

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Colonel Lágrimas by Carlos Fonseca Suárez EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Description:
“Beware, reader, in these pages you will experience vertigo, anxiety and joy. You will become a ghostly presence in a Borgesian world, a camera obscura, where mathematics is a secret weapon, and memory the object of an archaeological pursuit. Loosely inspired by the eventful life of the French mathematician Alexander Grothendieck, Fonseca has created a gorgeous opera prima.” —Valerie Miles, The New York Times Book Review Holed away in a cabin in the Pyrenees, the world-famous and enigmatic mathematician Alexander Grothendieck is working furiously on a final project. But what exactly is this mo... continue

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Dama cu camelii by Alexandre Dumas RO

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
Celebră în lumea întreagă încă din 1848, când a văzut lumina tiparului, povestea de dragoste dintre tânărul Armand Duval şi frumoasa prostituată Marguerite Gautier este o ilustrare perfectă a mentalităţii dominante în secolul al XIX-lea. Povestea este inspirată, după cum însuşi scriitorul mărturiseşte în prima pagină, dintr-un episod biografic din propria viaţă: povestea de dragoste cu Marie Duplessis, curtezană de lux din Oraşul Luminilor, bine-cunoscută în cercul nobililor. După acest model romancierul a plăsmuit-o pe eroina romanului, Ma... continue


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Dawn : A Novel by Elie Wiesel EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / Romania flag Romania
Description:
Deals with the conflicts and thoughts of a young Jewish concentration-camp veteran as he prepares to assassinate a British hostage in occupied Palestine.