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Tag Archives: France
Claudine’s House by Colette (France)
Colette’s evocative memoir of a rural, animal-laden and loving French childhood
Story of O by Pauline Réage (a pseudonym for Anne Desclos, #1954club, France)
French filth from 1954
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan (France, #1954club)
A classic of French literature from 1954
Review no 136: French dramedy Dix Pour Cent or Call My Agent
Highly entertaining French comedy drama
Review no 118: Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys (Dominica)
Classic 1930s novella of drifting and hard-drinking in Paris
Review no 113: Dhalinyaro (Jeunesse or Youth), a film from Djibouti
Charming coming of age tale from Djibouti
Review no 45: Dora Maar (1907-97), artist (France)
@ Tate Modern, London, until 15 March 2020 EUROPE Dora Maar (born Henrietta Markovitch) is perhaps best known as “Picasso’s girlfriend”. However, what has been too often overlooked is that she also created a large and impressive body of work on her own terms. From a bourgeois background, Maar attended progressive Parisian art schools and, …
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Review no 28: Non-fiction (Doubles Vies), film by Olivier Assayas (France)
Slightly niche French “comedy” set in a digitally challenged publishing house
Review no 8: Leila Slimani, Chanson douce (Lullaby)
MOROCCO / FRANCE : NORTH AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA My daughter told me I had to be honest about how long this book took me to read. I bought it in French in Paris a year ago, and did little more than dip into it until this summer. I studied French at university, …
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