FrenchLiterature

The Kill | Emile Zola

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I‘m in 19th century 2nd Empire Paris where Haussmann and Napoleon III are transforming the city into the wide boulevards and tall buildings so characteristic of Paris today. This building frenzy invites speculation and corruption. Fortunes are made and lost. Waste and decadence are encouraged and celebrated.

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DrSabrinaMoldenReads Thanks! I am highly interested in this! I checked it out. I am definitely going to read this series. (edited) 1d

Ruthiella @DrSabrinaMoldenReads I‘m only three books in (reading in the recommended reading order rather than publication date) and finding it fascinating. Highly recommend! 1d

bookandbedandtea Sounds fascinating! 1d

Ruthiella @bookandbedandtea It‘s a pretty great series. I would make a fantastic multi episode television adaptation. 22h

DrSabrinaMoldenReads @Ruthiella Thanks for sharing 16h

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Cathythoughts

BIRTHDAY PARTY. | LAURENT. MAUVIGNIER

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I knew from the start I was going to love this , and I did. It‘s dense and brilliant, I also knew I‘d read it faster than any other book I‘ve read for a long time. I was absorbed in the story and the writing quickly carried me on. A literary psychological thriller , set in a hamlet in France , where the four main characters live. It felt real and often familiar to enter the minds of these people. I loved the writing , the book 👌🏻 See comments

Cathythoughts Would anyone recommend another book by this author ❤️? ! 2d

TrishB I‘m not familiar with the author- but you‘ve made me want to read this one! 2d

Bookwomble On a non-book related issue, I so want a Twirl now! 💜🍫💜 2d

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Cathythoughts @TrishB I wasn‘t familiar either , came across him by chance. You‘ll know early on if it‘s for you. It‘s ‘all in the mind‘ in this one. X 2d

Cathythoughts @Bookwomble Bread and butter, and then Cadburys chocolate… my favorite foods 😁❤️ 2d

Suet624 Stacked! 2d

Cathythoughts @Suet624 I hope you‘ll like it. I look forward to your thoughts x 2d

Suet624 Ooh, found it at one of my local libraries so I'll be reading it soon. :) 2d

Cathythoughts @Suet624 Oh very good 👍🏻 2d

Hooked_on_books I loved this one, too! 2d

Cathythoughts @Hooked_on_books It‘s so good ! It‘s a favorite this year for me. 2d

squirrelbrain It certainly left me breathless, this book! 2d

Cathythoughts @squirrelbrain Right to the very end ! Breathless, I agree. X 2d

youneverarrived Love when a book gets you from the start & you just know you‘re going to love it! Great review 🥰 2d

BarbaraBB Such a good book! I know what you mean! 2d

Lesliereadsalot Can‘t wait to read this! 2d

LeahBergen I‘m stacking! 2d

Tamra Oh good grief - I absolutely LOVED this novel. It moves in such slow motion that it is absolutely agonizing! Masterful suspense. (edited) 2d

Tamra I am going to get my hands on his other two translated novels. 2d

Cathythoughts @youneverarrived Thanks Katie. Yes it‘s great when this happens 😁x 2d

Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB So good ! 2d

Cathythoughts @Lesliereads I look forward to your thoughts x 2d

Cathythoughts @LeahBergen Oh good , I‘ll look forward to your thoughts x 2d

Cathythoughts @Tamra Yes I need to get his other books too. The sooner the better ! X 2d

CarolynM Stacked!🙂 15h

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The Innocent Libertine | Colette

The current Regime has me listening to more podcasts, watching more YouTube videos than reading,much to my detriment. I was over at Book Gallery and grabbed these pretty Colette editions to go with several I already have . Book gallery has first editions, signed books , also a great selection of general used titles affordable to all readers !

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩🆒📚💝. 4d

LeahBergen I need to read some more Colette! 4d

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Creadnorthey

The North China Lover | Marguerite Duras

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There might be some repetition in Duras‘ book, but I saw it like choruses to a song. As for the rest, it was beautifully written- cinematic as images and movement and silences hang together in something somehow greater than the parts plays out offscreen. Something that Duras plays out in your heart.

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nanuska_153

Swann's Way (Centenary) | Marcel Proust

Time to tackle this giant 📚💪🏻

Ruthiella Good luck!👍🍀 2w

Dilara It looks daunting but it's fine, really... 😁 2w

nanuska_153 @Ruthiella Thanks! 🥰 2w

nanuska_153 @Dilara I hope so! I've read 30 pages and I see he rambles like I do, so hopefully my previous experience in rambling matters with help 😅 2w

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RowReads1

The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes) | Henri Alain-Fournier

Bookwomble I loved this book 💖 2w

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Rissreadswithcats

The Moustache | Emmanuel Carrere

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I actually read this a few months ago but just realised I never posted a review.
The man decides to shave his moustache off and see what his wife, friends and work colleagues say. They say nothing. Is it an elaborate prank on him or something more sinister? This book is a mind f**k! For the protagonist and for the reader! He questions everything and so do you. The ending is brutal! ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

Suet624 Intriguing review. 4w

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RowReads1

Girl with the Golden Eyes and Other Stories | Honor� de Balzac, Peter Collier, Patrick Coleman

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Mattsbookaday

In The Absence Of Men | Philippe BESSON

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In the Absence of Men, by Philippe Besson (2007, transl. 2025)
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Premise: In 1916 Paris, a queer teenager experiences love for the first time in very different relationships with a middle-aged writer and a soldier on leave from the War.

Review: Once again, Philippe Besson has demonstrated his knack for exceptional, short, melancholic, queer fiction. Cont.

Mattsbookaday This excels in evoking both a moment—Paris during WWI—and a time in life—the first experience of real adult relationships. I have to say the ending involves a revelation that felt unearned and silly to me, but overall this was a great success.

Bookish Pair: Besson‘s previous book translated into English was Lie with Me (2017, transl. 2019) (edited) 1mo

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