Previously unavailable in English, contents include ""L'ami et la femme"" by Irène Némirovsky, ""Pleure, Pleure!"" by Andrée Maillet, and tales by Simone Schwarz-Bart, Sailesh Ramchurn, Fred Kassak, Yann Means, Marc Villard, and others.
This original dual-language short story collection features fifteen newly translated works by important 20th-century authors. Previously unavailable in English versions, these stories cover a diverse range of styles and themes and offer fascinating insights into life and literature in France and French-speaking countries.
Contents include ""L'ami et la femme"" by Irène Némirovsky, ""Pleure, Pleure!"" by Andrée Maillet, and tales by Simone Schwarz-Bart, Sailesh Ramchurn, Fred Kassak, Yann Means, Marc Villard, and others. The text is completely self-contained - no further apparatus or reference is necessary. Appropriate for high school and college courses, this dual-language edition is also ideal for independent study.
By:
Stanley Appelbaum
Translated by:
Stanley Appelbaum
Imprint: Dover Publications Inc.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 136mm,
Spine: 16mm
Weight: 385g
ISBN: 9780486476230
ISBN 10: 0486476235
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 17 January 2012
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified
CONTENTS Introduction v Acknowledgments vii Octave Mirbeau 1 Paysage de foule / Crowd Scene 2/3 Valery Larbaud 13 Portrait d'Eliane a quatorze ans / Eliane at Age Fourteen 14/15 Fred Kassak 39 Iceberg / Iceberg 40/41 Andree Maillet 57 Pleure, Pleure!/ Cry, Cry! 58/59 Pierrette Fleutiaux 81 Le livre et la dent/ The Book and the Tooth 82/83 Simone Schwarz-Bart 103 Du fond des casseroles / From the Bottom of the Pans 104/105 Eric Faye 113 Des nouvelles de l'entree de l'enfer / News from the Entrance to Hell 114/115 Dominique Mainard 129 Le bal de la foret / The Forest Ball 130/131 Nadine Ribault 153 Demain, oui! / Tomorrow, Yes! 154/155 Thomas Gunzig 173 Les Cornichons / Pickles 174/175 Yann Mens 183 Grumes / Logs 184/185 Sailesh Ramchurn 201 En traversant Petite Escale / Crossing Petite Escale 202/203 Marc Villard 227 Sur la route / On the Road 228/229 Irene Nemirovsky 243 L'Ami et la femme / The Friend and the Wife 244/245 Khadi Hane 269 Un Samedi sur la terre / A Saturday on Earth 270/271
